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SOLUTIONS MANUAL for
Operations Management:
Sustainability and Supply
Chain Management 14th
Edition By Jay Heizer;
Barry Render; Chuck
Munson
,SOLUTIONS MANUAL for Operations Management: Sustainability andSupply
Chain Management 14th Edition By Jay Heizer; Barry Render; Chuck Munson
, 1
C H A P T E R
Operations and Productivity
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. The text suggests four reasons to study OM. We want to understand (1) how people organize
themselves for productive enterprise,
(2) how goods and services are produced, (3) what operations managers do, and (4) this costly part
of our economy and most enterprises.
LO 1.1: Define operations management
AACSB: Application of knowledge
2. With some 40% of all jobs being in the OM field, the career opportunities are prolific. The text
suggests many career opportunities. OM students find initial jobs throughout the OM field, including
supply chain, logistics, purchasing, production planning and scheduling, plant layout, maintenance,
quality control, inventory management, etc.
LO 1.3: Identify career opportunities in operations management
AACSB: Application of knowledge
3. Possible responses include: Adam Smith (work specialization/ division of labor), Charles
Babbage (work specialization/division of labor), Frederick W. Taylor (scientific management),
Walter Shewart (statistical sampling and quality control), Henry Ford (moving assembly line),
Charles Sorensen (moving assembly line), Frank and Lillian Gilbreth (motion study), and Eli Whitney
(standardization).
LO 1.1: Define operations management
, AACSB: Application of knowledge
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