Operations Management Recommendations
General
- Undergraduate; 3rd year
- 60 learners; teams of 5
- 5 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 1/5 project matches
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Academic experience
- Any
- Food & beverage, Consumer goods & services, Hospital, health, wellness & medical, Business & management
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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February 7, 2019Experience start
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March 13, 2019Review Strategic Planning/Capacity Research
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March 16, 2019Project Scope Meeting
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March 27, 2019Submission of assignment to Professor
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March 30, 2019Facility Tour/Web based conf call
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April 13, 2019Presentations to Organization
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April 19, 2019Experience end
Timeline
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February 7, 2019Experience start
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March 13, 2019Review Strategic Planning/Capacity Research
Meeting between students and Professor to ensure that preliminary research of strategy has been completed.
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March 16, 2019Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and organization to confirm tour date and preferred method of communication.
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March 27, 2019Submission of assignment to Professor
Professor to review assignments and select top submissions for advancement to next milestone.
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March 30, 2019Facility Tour/Web based conf call
Facility tours (web conf-calls) to take place between March 11th and March 29th
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April 13, 2019Presentations to Organization
Top 2 teams will present to representatives from the organization either in-class or through video conference.
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April 19, 2019Student Presentations to Company
Presentations may happen between April 9th and April 18th
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April 19, 2019Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Could your organization benefit from better operational efficiency? In this project, student teams will tour your facility (1- 2 hours) with a representative from your organization. Based upon this tour and operations management concepts learned in class, students will prepare a report & executive summary presentation with recommendations for improving:
- Strategic Competitiveness
- Strategic Capacity Planning
- Process Design, Layout and JIT/Lean
- Quality Control
- Inventory Control Systems
- Learner skills
- Supply chain management, Operations & project management
- Deliverables
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- 5 to 7-page report detailing recommendations for improved operations management. Reports will include a title page, table of contents, and reference page.
- A 5 to 7 slide presentation deck (executive summary) highlighting key findings/conclusions. Top teams will present to representatives from your organization.
Project Examples
Students will work in teams of 5 to analyze your operations and make improvement recommendations by assessing some or all of the following:
- Strategic Competitiveness - Students will perform an assessment of your mission/vision/goals and competitive priorities
- Strategic Capacity Planning - Students will perform calculations to assess capacity (assumptions may need to be made if data cannot be provided)
- Process Design, Layout and JIT/Lean - Students will identify examples of waste, layout, or other inefficiencies
- Quality Control mechanisms - Students will apply Statistical Process Control (SPC) methods to assess quality control mechanisms, degree to which Quality is built into your processes, and success of quality maintenance
- Inventory Control - Students will assess inventory control systems
Students have analyzed and made improvement recommendations for the following facilities in the past. Please note this is not an exhaustive list, and you are encouraged to contact the instructor using Riipen's in-app chat with questions about the suitability of your project:
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.
Provide a dedicated contact who will provide a tour of your organization and respond to questions from the students.
Be available during the week of April 8th for presentations from top teams. You can attend in-person or via video conference.