CIE Business (9609) Operations and Project Management: Operations Planning (AS Level)

A thorough classroom-ready presentation on Operations Planning, as part of the Cambridge International Examinations Business Syllabus Unit 4 on Operations and Project Management. Connects seamlessly with the core approved textbooks and addresses all learning objectives.

This presentation highlights key concepts of the syllabus from the CIE AS Level Business Unit 4 including:

• understand the need for operations planning
• analyse the influence of marketing, resources and information technology on operations planning
• understand the need for flexibility and process innovation
• differentiate between different production methods: job, mass, flow, mass customisation
• assess the importance of location decisions to the success of a business and evaluate the factors that influence location and relocation decisions
• understand why businesses may want to increase scale of production
• analyse the importance of economies and diseconomies of scale and the impact on unit costs

The presentation can be delivered as a lecture and supplemented with a teacher’s own creative exercises and activities. A time-saving key resource for new and experienced teachers alike.