What you’ll learn to do: define operations management in manufacturing and production

The best way to understand operations management in manufacturing or production is to consider the things you use on a daily basis: they were all produced or manufactured by someone, somewhere, and a great deal of thought and planning were needed to make them available.

Watch this video on the manufacturing of the amazing Peep. It will serve as a point of reference as you work through this module because it features all the different parts of operations management.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

The learning activities for this section include:

• Reading: Operations Management in Manufacturing and Production
• Self Check: Operations Management

Take time to review and reflect on this activity in order to improve your performance on the assessment for this section.