Influences on Operations Management (HSC SSCE Business Studies): Flashcards

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Quality Expectations and Cost-Based Competition
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Quality (definition)

How well designed, made & functional; service competence degree

DFD framework for goods quality

Design, Fitness for purpose, Durability

PRL framework for service quality

Professionalism, Reliability, Level of customisation

Cost-based competition

Creating cost advantages via breakeven analysis & cost reduction

Breakeven point

Level where total revenue equals total costs

Fixed costs

Costs that don't depend on level of operating activity

Variable costs

Costs that vary directly with production levels/activity

Cost leadership strategy

Reducing costs to minimum while maintaining profit margins

Economies of scale

Reducing average cost per unit as production volume increases

Fixed vs variable (production stops)

Fixed costs still paid; variable costs drop to zero

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