Introduction to Operations management & History

Operations management introduction

1. Uditha Wijayaratne Director Operations – r- pac International Limited B.Sc. (Eng.) Hons, MBA (PIM-SJP), FCMA (UK), CGMA, ACCA (Affiliate) AMIESL (SL) Introduction To Operations Environment Session 1

2. Global Business Environment

3. $135 billion revenue by 2018 with 52,000 employees Vs. Retrieved from http://fortune.com/fortune500/chevron/

4. Founded in 1919 Operates in 570 locations 163,000 employees Company value = $ 24 billion Founded in 1927 Operates in 6,200 locations across 127 countries 177,000 employees Company value = $ 48 billion Founded in 2008 Operates in 81,000 cities & 191 countries 3,100 employees Company value = $ 38 billion

5. Future of Transportation Industry Industries that is going to be affected?

6. NICE to VUCA NICE : N on I nflationary C onsistently E xpansionary Environments From 1990 – 2000 Flexible, deregulated, economy with rising economic growth simultaneously

7. DSC 2340 Operations Management