MGT603 WEEK ONE DISCUSSION POST. MIN 200 WORDS.

Discussion 1: Examining principles of Operations Management 

Instructions

1. Your initial post should be roughly 200 words in length, and your responses to peers should be roughly 200 words each. Cite sources you reference in-text and under a "References" section in APA format.

2. Play the video "Operations processes: Inputs, transformation, outputs" and answer the following questions:

· Describe a transformation process within an organization familiar to you; list all inputs, components, and the transformation process that produces either a product or service the organization delivers to its customers.

· Productivity involves achieving maximum efficiency and quality of outputs concerning quantity and cost of inputs. As an operations manager in your organization, what changes would you make to your inputs to achieve maximum efficiency?

· In the video, what four steps in a transformation process must be continuously monitored?

· Many people state that their organization has no customers. Is it possible for a business or department within an enterprise not to have customers? Why or why not?

Video

Films Media Group. (2013). Operations processes: Inputs, transformations, outputs. Films On Demand. Retrieved April 16, 2023, from  https://fod-infobase-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=53757. 

https://go.openathens.net/redirector/nu.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffod-infobase-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net%2FPortalPlaylists.aspx%3FwID%3D102577%26xtid%3D53757 

Each discussion board is worth up to a maximum of 30 points.