We can distinguish seven main functions of operation management in the industrial enterprise: planning, scheduling, purchasing, controlling, quality control and inventory control.
In each of those fields operations managers should conduct many decision affecting of-organization effectiveness.
Operations management is the management of processes that transform. inputs into goods and services that add value for the customer.
The goal of. operations management is to maximise efficiency while producing goods and. services that effectively fulfill customer needs.
Operations management is concerned with the economical use of inputs (human resources, capital, materials, etc.) in a transformation process that results in goods or services.
It involves decision making on how to best design and operate an operations system or generally referred to as production system.