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IB Business Management Unit 5.1 - Operations Mgmt Cheat Sheet by

Topic 5.1 Business Management Cheat Sheet for First Assessment 2024.

Operations Management

Concerned with producing right goods/­ser­vices in the right quality and quantity in a cost-e­ffe­ctive and time-e­ffi­cient manner
Dictated by a company’s finances, HR capabi­lities, and market needs
Value must be added during production to ensure profit
Production – process of transf­orming inputs into outputs
Four factors of produc­tio­n/i­nputs – land, labor, capital, and enterprise
5 M’s – materials, manpower, machines, money, and management

Aspects of operations management

Production methods
Size, scope, and timing of production
Production planning
Quality control systems
New products and innovation

Sustai­nab­ility management

Practice of mainta­ining ecolog­ical, social, and economic sustai­nab­ility
Operations should also deal with stakeh­older interests
Helps reduce costs by reducing waste
Essent­ially calls for operations to be ethical
↳ Reduce wastage for the enviro­nment
↳ Carefully consider economic implic­ations in production processes
↳ Have ethical labor practices
   
 

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