Posted: October 3rd, 2016

Assume you are an Operations Management consultant. You have been hired by ‘Drone Racing’ to recommend an operations management approach for the business. You are to work with one other consultant of your choice (or by yourself) and together submit two reports.

Requirements
Assume you are an Operations Management consultant. You have been hired by ‘Drone Racing’ to recommend an operations management approach for the business. You are to work with one other consultant of your choice (or by yourself) and together submit two reports. The issues that you need to give in-depth advice on have been agreed with the Managing Director and are as follows. The two reports must be delivered on the dates agreed (see front page).

Report Structure and Contents
Ass 1 Ass 2
Executive Summary
X
Introduction
Identify the main issues and outline the structure of your report.
X X
Value Chain
Draw and discuss the key features and complexities of the value chain network for the organisation.
X
Strategy
Recommend an operations strategy and explain the reasons for your decision and the implications for the business.
X
Measuring Operational Performance
Choose a set of specific measures that could be used to manage the operational parts of the business. You will need to explain why you have chosen the measures, how you will collect the data, and discuss any problems you anticipate in collecting actual data. X
Process Strategy
Determine the process strategy that will be most appropriate. Explain your choice. Discuss the Operations Management issues associated with this choice. How will you manage these issues? X
Process Design
Draw a likely Flowchart and Value Stream Map for your business. Discuss the implications of your design on the design of your assembly plant. (you will need to provide realistic data for the value stream map but the data will not be focus for marking) X
Capacity
Discuss how future capacity requirements over the next five years should be determined. Suggest a strategy for expansion, and explain the issues that you will need to manage for your chosen strategy.
X
Location
Decide where to locate the assembly plant and warehouses. You will need to identify and discuss possible locations and the key factors that you need to consider. Your choice of location must be clearly explained based on a systematic approach. You will need to consider sources of materials and locations of customers
X
Layout
Design a factory layout. Choose a layout type and explain the reasons for your choice. Draw a diagram showing your layout and explain the reasons for the design.
X
Additional Recommendations
In addition to the above requirements you have been asked to give any other advice (not covered in the previous sections) to the Operations Manager that you think is important for him/her to consider for the operation of the business. Note: This advice must relate to the operations management aspects of the business.
X
Conclusion
X X
References
X X

X These sections will be submitted and assessed within either Assignment 1 or 2 of the report as indicated in the table above.

When you submit Assignment 2 please include Assignment 1 as an appendix. This is necessary so that the marker can check for consistency. Assignment one will not be remarked when submitted as a appendix to assignment 2.