What is the difference between production and operation management? Which course should I do?

0 3.9k Views | Posted 2009-11-20 16:57:45
Asked by parassharma

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    shiksha | Contributor-Level 10

    2010-01-28 18:37:40
    Hi, operations and production management are both similar fields. Operations management is an area of business concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient in terms of using as little resource as needed. It is concerned with managing the process that converts inputs into outputs. Production management relates specifically to the production of goods. The distinction between these two is increasingly difficult to make as manufacturers tend to merge product and service offerings. More generally, Operations Management aims to increase
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    act

    2009-11-20 21:57:02
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    vikramtalwar

    2009-11-20 17:49:18
    Hi,
    operations deals with the fields like logistics,pharmaceuticals, automobile,IT,e.t.c whereas production deals with textile and other manufacturing,FMCG, e.t.c,
    You can opt for an MBA(Operations),
    Symbiosis institute of operations management(SIOM),offers a 2yr full time MBA(Operations),refer(siom.in) for further details.
    Symbiosis is a world class institution for MBA aspirants.
    SIOM in Nashik is one of the options for you. SIOM offers MBA (Operations Management), for Engineers.
    At SIOM, Engineers are equipped to become Operations specialists with special inputs on SAP based ERP, Six Sigma green belt certification CPIM certification input
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