Mt435 Operations Management

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Unit six Written Assignment Student Name MT435 Operations Management Kaplan University Professor Name January 23, 2012 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to identify a minimum of three direct and specific long term and three direct and specific short-term operations changes that the company Albatross Anchor needs to undertake to gain have a sustainable and clear competitive advantage. The paper will also refer to four operational issues and for each of them will provide description on the way in which it will help Albatross Anchor to improve: job retention, employee morale, and employee dedication. Long-Term Operational Changes According to Pearce and Robinson (2011), to achieve long-term prosperity, strategic planners establish long-term objectives in several areas, such as: profitability, competitive position, employee relations, productivity, tech leadership, employee development, and public responsibility. As we have previously determined in the earlier paper, the company uses equipment that is old and it delays a lot the manufacturing process. A big drawback is that they have to modify the assembly line when the product to be manufactured changes (when changing the production of the two different anchor types). The first proposed long term strategy is to purchase new equipment that would easily fit both production lines. This will help in increasing the productivity. Another long-term objective is to analyze the current production process for both assembly lines and determine the time that it takes to get a line of production. The objective is to find areas that raise difficulties and eliminate them to speed up the process. A third objective would be to extend the space needed for the crucial departments in the company. The space is too tight for an efficient production and by creating more space, the organizing would be better. This

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