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Concepts for Operations Management

Abstract: An operating system may be defined as &dquo;a configuration of resources combined for the provision of goods or services&dquo; and operations management may be defined as ’the design and planning, operation and control of operating systems’[ 1, p. 4]. The scope of operations management includes inter alia layout of facilities/resources, determination of capacity, design of jobs, activity scheduling, quality control, control and planning of inventories. The existing body of knowledge in operations management, as reflected in the teaching of the subject, largely consists of a number of techniques and practices for problem-solving, decision-making and analysis in these areas. These are fairly well developed yet there is, relatively, a lack of theory and a conceptual framework to allow the student or practitioner to determine the appropriateness or feasibility of such techniques and practices, to recognise the implications of action in one

A Systems Analysis of Alternative Food Service Concepts for New Army Hospitals

Abstract: : Systems Analysis is used to determine the best food service system design for use in the construction of new Army facilities. Four food service system concepts for Army hospitals are defined, evaluated and compared based on cost and systems effectiveness. Significant improvements for new hospitals are indicated by all the alternatives compared to the current concept of operation with the ready foods concept demonstrating the lowest operating cost and highest systems effectiveness. Layouts of the preferred food service systems and artist's concepts of a suggested new ward feeding concept are presented.