This assignment will help students to understand the environmental issues, challenges, and trends that Operation Managers are dealing with currently. The following questions are just some of the issues that the operations managers in these services have to deal with. Think about these issues that they will have to manage in order to deliver the service effectively and efficiently. Apply some of the Ten Strategic Operation Management Decisions (TSOMD) as outlined below. GENERAL TASK: Write on any services that you have ‘consumed’ during the last year. Try and make these as ‘real’ as possible. Examples could include any one of these; takeaway or dine-in restaurant/vaccine administration processes / any online shopping or online /’drive-thru’ groceries from any supermarket / online attendance at an education course / e-hailing services like Grab and online food delivery services like Grab Food / Food Panda etc. For each of these services, ask yourself the following questions in the table below. The suggested format of this assignment for submission is found in the same table below. MGT2253 OM INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT SUGGESTS A FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION PARTS SECTION HEADINGS WORD COUNT (max) 500 words MA R K S COVER PAGE (Use the first page [ONLY] of this assign.Page [ONLY] 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS (TOC) INTRO OF REPORT FORMAT 1.0 INTRODUCTION • Objective of the report • Scope of the report • Name and a brief background of the chosen business 100 10 SPECIFIC TASKS: 2.0 Task 1: PRODUCT/SERVICES DESIGN: Discuss whether the service meets your expectations? If so, what did the management of the service do so well in order to satisfy your expectations? What were the good practices they had? If not, where did they fail? Why might they have failed? 100 20 BODY OF REPORT FORMAT 3.0 Task 2: LOCATION AND LAYOUT STRATEGY Discuss what would you do to improve the service if you were in charge of managing the delivery of the selected business product and/or services. 50 10 4.0 Task 3: INVENTORY MANAGEMENT/HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 50 10 Explain how do you think the service copes with fluctuation of demand over the day, week, month or year. 5.0 Task 4: SCHEDULING AND MAINTENANCE Briefly explain how do you think that the service copes when something goes wrong (such as a piece of technology breaking down) and how to minimize such downtime? 50 10 6.0 Task 5: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM) Identify which other organizations might supply the service with products and services to your suppliers? (Meaning, they are your ‘supplier’, but who are their suppliers; trace the supply chain). Draw or sketch out the SCM process. 50 10 CLOSE OF REPORT FORMAT 7.0 CONCLUSION • Summarise key findings from Sections 2.0 to 6.0 50 10 8.0 RECOMMENDATIONS • Itemise and summarise any key suggestions made in Sections: 2.0 - 6.0 50 10 9.0 REFERENCES & PRESENTATION • Use APA in-text citation and referencing style • Have at least 12 sources from a variety of textbooks, journals & other reliable sources. 10 TOTAL 500 words 100 WEIGHTAGE (% of final grade)