Assignment Task 1:
Read the following Scenario, and prepare a report with the guidelines provided.
Case Scenario: The learner is acting as an internal Operations Management expert for a chosen organization (ideally a fortune 500 organisation delivering products or services). Learner is required to look at existing operations management & quality management processes, procedures & systems within the organization, &, evaluate competitiveness of the organization in achieving key strategic objectives both in the domestic and global contexts. Where required, compare with other best-in-class organizations to further support your responses to the different parts of the report.
Report should include the following:
Question 1: You are required to provide a concise introduction of Chosen Organization. You are expected to understand the operations/quality management processes by identifying and evaluating the success of existing operations/quality management processes in achieving chosen organization's strategic management objectives. You must do this by conducting a review of operations strategy of your organization, exploring both the current & long-term solutions to address the challenges your firm is experiencing. Get Your Assignments Done Now!
Question 2: You are expected to have understood the importance and use of operations and quality management tools. This can be achieved by evaluating any three tools and techniques of operations and quality management, specifying how they contribute to achieving organizational objectives and competitiveness of your Chosen company in different alternative scenarios of Operations Management, in the domestic and global context.
Question 3: You are expected to discuss how information management system enhances overall business operations of your Chosen organization and analyse the role of ICT applications in Operations optimization in your chosen organisation.? This can be furthered by discussing how AI can enhance overall business operations of organization in both the domestic and global contexts, while highlighting challenges organization may probably face if implemented.
Assignment Task - 2
Project Management using Program evaluation and Review technique (PERT) and Critical path method (CPM)
Based on the project scenario given below, answer the following questions
Case Scenario: Your organisation, ABC construction group has made a winning bid to construct a new manufacturing plant. The client expects the plant to be functional within a year. You are assigned as the Project Manager to ensure that the whole project stays on schedule. The two important conditions as per the client contract are:-
ABC construction group will incur a penalty if the work is not completed by the deadline of 52 weeks from now.
ABC construction group will be provided additional incentive if the work is completed within 45 weeks.
The table below describes the activity list for ABC construction group for this project:-
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Activity
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Immediate predecessors
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Estimated duration
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A
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-
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7 weeks
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B
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A
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8 weeks
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C
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A
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9 weeks
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D
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A
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6 weeks
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E
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B, C
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4 weeks
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F
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D, E
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9 weeks
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G
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F
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7 weeks
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H
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G
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3 weeks
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I
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F
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5 weeks
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J
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H, I
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10 weeks
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Question 1: Develop a project network diagram to visually display the whole project and describe the project network diagram. Schedule the whole project with PERT/CPM; You can do so by satisfying the following criteria
Total time required to complete the project if no delays occur.
The Earliest Start, Earliest Finish, Latest Start, and Latest finish of each activity
The critical and non-critical activities followed by the slack or buffer calculation for each activity.
References (Adhering to Harvard Referencing Format)
*Note: choose a company in the structural engineering/construction company from Fortune 500. Like AECOM or Jacobs engineering group