Operations management- project

EMBA
BUSE 605: Operations Management
Project Outline
Graded 15 Marks.
Submission Due Date:
Prof. Nadia
Aim of the Project:
The purpose of this project is for students to analyze and improve real-world business operations by
applying the knowledge learned in this course. This project exposes students to important business
process modelling and design steps. Student will need to 1) investigate a real-world business
operation, 2) identify the corresponding business processes in use, 3) measure the performance of
existing business operations, 4) suggest an alternative business design, and 5) evaluate the
improvement of the newly suggested business design.
For this to happen, we encourage you to submit an independent project. Submission of every project
must go through the plagiarism check, and only a maximum of 20% plagiarism shall be allowed.
This project demonstrates the following SLOs from your course:
1. The nature, role, and importance of operations management in contemporary business
organizations.
2. The organizational and strategic context within which operations managers function.
3. The key differences between operations management in manufacturing vs. service businesses.
4. The dynamics of planning and control in the key operations management domains such as capacity,
inventory, quality etc.
5. The major challenges facing operations management; more specifically, the challenges stemming
from environmental sustainability, social responsibility, globalization, knowledge-driven
economies and/or technology outbursts.
6. How different operational capabilities allow and support different strategies to gain competitive
advantage?
7. Assessment of the appropriateness of various approaches, methods and/or tools to deal with a
variety of operations management problems being faced in contemporary organizations.

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Operation Management Projects Topics: (Choose any one of the topics from the list given below)
1. Concepts and Techniques related to materials management.
2. Computer and Quantitative models used in formulating managerial problems.
3. Concepts and Techniques of Value Analysis to effectively control costs.
4. Deterministic and Stochastic inventory models.
5. Just In Time Production.
6. Logistics Management.
7. Project Scheduling.
8. Manufacturing strategy.
9. Site and Location Analysis.
10. Application of Quantitative Analysis and Computers for managerial decision making in operations

problems.
11. A study on tools and techniques (e.g., CPM and PERT) developed to aid the planning, scheduling,
and control of projects.
12. Ethical Issues in Operations Management
13. Quality issues related to enhancing customer satisfaction (both internal and external) to ensure
long-term customer loyalty.
14. The use of material and supply chain management in manufacturing and service organizations to
reduce inventory levels while providing adequate service to customers.
15. Problems encountered in planning, operating, and controlling production of goods and services
16. Tools in project management
17. A study on the methods of planning, organizing, and controlling maintenance.
18. A study on Production and inventory control, procurement, distribution, and their

interrelationships.
19. A study on Total Quality Management, human resources, finance and accounting, information
systems, and their interrelationships
20. Investigation into computerized production technology
21. Study on Plant layout design depending on type of production system.
22. Computer Integrated Manufacturing
23. Workforce Management
24. Work study, Method Study and Time Study
25. Modern Trends in Project Management

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The project report should follow the following guidelines as below:
➢ Title of Project
➢ Table of Content
➢ Executive Summary / Abstract
➢ Chapter 1: Introduction
➢ Chapter 2: Literature Review
➢ Chapter 3: Industry and Organization Profile
➢ Chapter 4: Research Methodology
➢ Chapter 5: Data Analysis and Interpretation
➢ Chapter 6: Findings and Conclusion
➢ Reference
➢ Appendix – Questionnaire
➢ References & in-text Citations as APA Style (Important)
➢ Font: 12 Times New Roman
➢ Page: Space 1.5
➢ 10 to 15 Pages
➢ Underneath of the front page, please write your Instructor’s Name of this Course.
Important Notes:
As a student of operations management looking to get good grades, it is essential to develop new
ideas and experiment on existing operations management theories – i.e., to add value and interest
in the topic of your research.
The field of operations management is vast and interrelated to so many other academic disciplines
like civil engineering, construction, law, and even healthcare. That is why it is imperative to create
a operations management research topic that is articular, sound, and actually solves a practical
problem that may be rampant in the field.
We can’t stress how important it is to develop a logical research topic; it is the basis of your entire
research. There are several significant downfalls to getting your topic wrong; your supervisor may
not be interested in working on it, the topic has no academic creditability, the research may not
make logical sense, there is a possibility that the study is not viable.
This impacts your time and efforts in writing your research as you may end up in the cycle of
rejection at the very initial stage of the research. That is why we recommend reviewing existing
research to develop a topic, taking advice from your supervisor, and even asking for help in this
stage of your research.
Keeping our advice in mind while developing a research topic will allow you to pick one of the
best operations management research topics that not only fulfil your requirement of writing a
research paper but also adds to the body of knowledge.
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Therefore, it is recommended that when finalizing your research topic, you read recently published
literature in order to identify gaps in the research that you may help fill.
Remember- research topics need to be unique, solve an identified problem, be logical, and can also
be practically implemented. Take a look at some of our sample operations management research
topics to get an idea for your own research topic.
Project evaluation will be based on the criteria attached with this guideline. Time-management will
also be an important assessment factor for making a presentation.
Important Note: The Research project evaluation will be based on in depth application of concepts
with creativity such as using figures, data tables and graphs.

No use of AI or ChatGPT shall be acceptable.
Best Wishes
Prof. Nadia

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