The Final Assessment for this competency is to analyze a business case scenario using operations control tools. You must analyze and discuss the case in terms of at least three operational tools/methods that may have been employed to achieve successful operating outcomes.
Access one of the case studies below, which you will need to complete your Final Assessment:
BP and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster of 2010 – https://mitsloan.mit.edu/LearningEdge/operations-management/BP-Deepwater-Horizon-Disaster/Pages/default.aspx
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato – https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/decommoditizing-the-canned-tomato
Quest Diagnostics: Improving Performance at the Call Centers – https://mitsloan.mit.edu/LearningEdge/operations-management/QuestDiagnostics(A)/Pages/default.aspx
Walmart’s Workforce of the Future – https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/walmart-s-workforce-of-the-future
Operations Control Final Assessment: Outline and Rubric
Final Assessment: Outline and Rubric 1
Purpose of this Assessment
The final assessment for this competency is to analyze a business case scenario using operations control
tools. You must analyze and discuss the case in terms of at least three operational tools/methods that
may have been employed to achieve successful operating outcomes.
Items Required for Submission
1. The item required for submission is a 6- to 10-page Operations Control Case StudyAnalysis.
Step ONE: Preparation
Go to the case study.
Review it and take notes based on how operations controls are used. Use your notes to
formulate your analysis, outlined in the following steps.
Consider, in your analysis, the various quality tools/methods and how each may have
contributed to operational success of the organization presented in thecase.
Support your analyses and observations with references to the principles and best practices of
these operating methods/tools.
Be prepared to include a minimum of five scholarly sources that are cited and referenced
properly.
Step TWO: Write your paper
After presenting a brief overview of the case, present a thorough and thoughtful analysis of how the
organization in the case employed levels of operation control to achieve successful outcomes. Your
paper should include the following sections, and each section should include at least three references to
scholarly sources.
Introduction
o Describe the important factors about the case to an audience unfamiliar with it;
answering who, what, where, when, and why this isimportant.
Competency Name: Operations Control
Competency Statement: Understand and apply the tools used for operational control
Final Assessment Title: Operations Control Case Study Analysis
Competency Objectives:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of tools used in operations control [e.g. Lean Six Sigma,
Just-in-Time (JIT), Inventory Control, Total Quality Management (TQM), and Material
Requirements Planning (MRP)].
2. Analyze a business case scenario.
Program Learning Outcome(s): N/A
Institutional Learning Outcome(s): ILO 2 – Innovation and Creativity: Construct a novel or unique
idea, question, format, or product.
Operations Control Final Assessment: Outline and Rubric
Final Assessment: Outline and Rubric 2
o Integrate targeted ideas from alternate perspectives or ideas to provide a frame of
reference.
Production Methods
o Explain the importance of TQM to successful outcomes in general.
o Compare and contrast TQM with at least one other production method to identify the
benefits and consequences of the methods in the finalproduct.
o What methods were employed and why/how did they contribute to operating success
for the specific case study?
Facility Layouts
o Describe the importance of facility layouts ingeneral.
o What effect did the plan location and layout have on organizational success for the case
study and why?
Controls
o What are controls and how are they related to operations controloverall?
o What processes were employed and why/how did they contribute to operating success
for the case study?
Quality Assurance
o Discuss the role and methods of quality assurance as they relate to production methods,
facility layout and production processes in general, using the assignedcase.
Conclusion
o Provide a summary of at least three key insights gained and lessons learned from the
case analysis.
Describe how an understanding of this case study could positively influence your ability to
maintain greater quality control over your own work and methods of quality assurance as they
relate to production methods, facility layout and productionprocesses.
Step THREE: Complete Checklist for Submission
Before you submit, check to see if you believe you have met the criteria noted below. Did you:
Provides a clear, detailed, and thoughtful description of the case study?
Integrate targeted ideas from alternate perspectives or ideas to provide a frame of reference
for the analysis?
Present a sophisticated comparison and contrast of the benefits and consequences of
production methods?
Accurately and completely describe the importance of facility layoutsoverall?
Provide detailed information regarding the impact effect of location and layout for the case
study?
Thoroughly discuss the role of controls and quality assurance as related to operations control
methods?
Use the assigned case and other highly relevant real-world examples to supportyour points?
Include at least three scholarly resources, cited and referenced properly in each section?
Conclude with a thoughtful summary of the key insights gained and at least three lessons
learned from the case analysis?
Operations Control Final Assessment: Outline and Rubric
Final Assessment: Outline and Rubric 3
Use a highly relevant example of how it could impact their work in yourconclusion?
Demonstrate sophisticated innovative thinking through connection and synthesis in your
conclusion?
Make sure that your paper is logical, well-written, and of the requiredlength?
Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are accurate and follow APA formatting standards?
