Explain the role of operations strategy in a business
2. Describe how an operations strategy is formulated from the business strategy
3. Explain what is meant by the term competitive priority.
4. Find example of a company that makes quality its competitive priority. Find
another company that make flexibility its competitive priority. Compare these
strategies.
5. Give examples of manufacturing or service that successfully compete on cost, and
speed.
6. What is meant by the terms order qualifiers and order winners? Explain why they
are important?
7. Describe the meaning of productivity. Why is it important?
8. Explain how the productivity is measured.
9. What is meant by competitiveness?
10.Identify the different types of competitive priorities.
11. Explain the concept of the core capabilities within orangization
12.In your opinion, do business schools have competitive priorities?
13. Explain the difference between make-to-stock, make-to-order, and assemble-toorder
products and services. Give an example of each.