Operational Management

Topic

Operational Management

Instructions

Identify and select 1 key OM issues where there are weaknesses, which require change(s) and/or improvement based on your analysis.

NOTE: The analysis of the 1 key company’s operation management issues and company’s weaknesses must be thorough and detailed.

Company: Arnott’s  (http://www.arnotts.com.au/)

Company’s operational management issues: lack risk management for logistics inventory 

Table of content

1. Executive summary（100 Words）
2. OM issues: analyze and discuss the company’s operational management issues（500 Words）
3. Recommendations ：to improve the weaknesses are to be based on the research articles you have found and read.（300 Words)

4. Least 3 references

APA Style

Answer preview

In the last decade, companies such as Arnortt’s faced extreme supply chain challenges stretching their capabilities to the break point. The risk factors include natural disasters and huge economic swings caused by the extreme challenges across the supply chain. Such challenges have not diminished, with supply chains, which once functioned at autopilot, are faced with a wide array of dangers both in the domestic market and in the global market. Arnortt’s a global company in the manufacturing industry, an analysis of the operational management issues revealed that the company lacked risk management for logistics inventory. The company has failed to assess the risk in their supply chain (Arnortt’s, 2017).

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