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Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivity
McGraw-Hill/IrwinOperations Management, Eighth Edition, by William J. StevensonCopyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights
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Chapter 2
Competitiveness:Competitiveness:
How effectively an organization meets the wants and needs of customers relative to others that offer similar goods or services
Businesses Compete Using Marketing
Identifying consumer wants and needs Pricing Advertising and promotion
Businesses Compete Using Operations
Flexibility Inventory management Supply chain management Service
Why Some Organizations Fail
Too much emphasis on short-term financial performance
Failing to take advantage of strengths and opportunities
Failing to recognize competitive threats
Neglecting operations strategy
Why Some Organizations Fail
Too much emphasis in product and service design and not enough on improvement
Neglecting investments in capital and human resources
Failing to establish good internal communications
Failing to consider customer wants and needs
Mission/Strategy/Tactics
How does mission, strategies and tactics relate todecision making and distinctive competencies?
StrategyStrategy TacticsTacticsMissionMission
Strategy Strategies
Plans for achieving organizational goals
MissionThe reason for existence for an organization
Mission StatementAnswers the question “What business are we in?”
GoalsProvide detail and scope of mission
TacticsThe methods and actions taken to accomplish strategies
Planning and Decision Making
Mission
Goals
Organizational Strategies
Functional Goals
Finance Strategies
MarketingStrategies
OperationsStrategies
Tactics Tactics Tactics
Operatingprocedures
Operatingprocedures
Operatingprocedures
Strategy Example
Rita is a high school student. She would like to have a career in business, have a good job, and earn enough income to live comfortably
Mission: Live a good life Goal: Successful career, good income Strategy: Obtain a college education Tactics: Select a college and a major Operations: Register, buy books, take
courses, study, graduate, get job
Examples of Strategies
Low cost Scale-based strategies Specialization Flexible operations High quality Service
Strategy and Tactics
Distinctive Competencies
The special attributes or abilities that give anorganization a competitive edge.
Price Quality Time Flexibility Service Location
Banks, ATMsConvenienceLocationLocation
DisneylandNordstroms
Superior customer service
ServiceService
Burger KingSupermarkets
VarietyVolume
FlexibilityFlexibility
Express Mail, Fedex,One-hour photo, UPS
Rapid deliveryOn-time delivery
TimeTime
Sony TVLexus, CadillacPepsi, Kodak, Motorola
High-performance design or high quality Consistent quality
QualityQuality
U.S. first-class postageMotel-6, Red Roof Inns
Low CostPricePrice
Examples of Distinctive Competencies
Operations Strategy
Operations strategy – The approach, consistent with organization strategy, that is used to guide the operations function.
Strategy Formulation
Distinctive competencies Environmental scanning SWOT Order qualifiers Order winners
Strategy Formulation
Order qualifiers Characteristics that customers perceive
as minimum standards of acceptability to be considered as a potential purchase
Order winners Characteristics of an organization’s goods
or services that cause it to be perceived as better than the competition
Economic conditions Political conditions Legal environment Technology Competition Markets
Key External Factors
Human Resources Facilities and equipment Financial resources Customers Products and services Technology Suppliers
Key Internal Factors
Quality and Time Strategies
Quality-based strategies Focuses on maintaining or
improving the quality of an organization’s products or services
Quality at the source
Time-based strategies Focuses on reduction of
time needed to accomplish tasks
Time-based Strategies
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
Planning
Processing
Changeover On time!
Designing
Delivery
Productivity
Productivity A measure of the effective use of
resources, usually expressed as the ratio of output to input
Productivity ratios are used for Planning workforce requirements Scheduling equipment Financial analysis
Productivity
Partial measures output/(single input)
Multi-factor measures output/(multiple inputs)
Total measure output/(total inputs)
Productivity = Outputs
Inputs
Productivity GrowthProductivity Growth
Current Period Productivity – Previous Period ProductivityPrevious Period Productivity
Productivity Growth =
Measures of ProductivityMeasures of Productivity
Partial Output Output Output Output
measures Labor Machine Capital Energy
Multifactor Output Output
measures Labor + Machine Labor + Capital + Energy
Total Goods or Services Produced
measure All inputs used to produce them
Units of output per kilowatt-hourDollar value of output per kilowatt-hour
Energy Productivity
Units of output per dollar inputDollar value of output per dollar input
Capital Productivity
Units of output per machine hourmachine hour
Machine Productivity
Units of output per labor hourUnits of output per shiftValue-added per labor hour
Labor Productivity
Examples of Partial Productivity MeasuresExamples of Partial Productivity Measures
Example 3
7040 Units Produced
Sold for $1.10/unit
Cost of labor of $1,000
Cost of materials: $520
Cost of overhead: $2000
What is the multifactorproductivity?
Ans. 2.20
Example 3 Solution
MFP = OutputLabor + Materials + Overhead
MFP = (7040 units)*($1.10)$1000 + $520 + $2000
MFP = 2.20
Standardization Quality Use of Internet Computer viruses Searching for lost or misplaced items Scrap rates New workers
Other Factors Affecting Productivity
Safety Shortage of IT workers Layoffs Labor turnover Design of the workspace Incentive plans that reward
productivity
Other Factors Affecting Productivity
Bottleneck Operation
Machine #2Machine #2BottleneckOperation
BottleneckOperation
Machine #1Machine #1
Machine #3Machine #3
Machine #4Machine #4
10/hr
10/hr
10/hr
10/hr
30/hr