FIJI WATER OPERATIONS

Operations Management Fiji Water



Summary

Operation management has played a big role in the current business industry and as a result, it is important to provide people with more information about it. Operation management mainly deals with design and management of services, processes, products and the supply chains. Operation management also considers the development, acquisition and utilization of the available resources that most firms need to deliver to their clients such as services and goods. Forecasting assists the managers and various businesses to develop plans that are much more meaningful and to reduce uncertainty in future events. Due to the fact that many managers are always eager to match the supply of commodities with their demands, it is therefore very important for them to forecast on the amount of space required for the supply to the demands. This paper explains several methods of forecasting that helps managers to make future predictions for the purpose of improving the operations of Fiji Water. In this context, we are going to focus on six issues that include; managing, finance, strategy, operations statistics and data.

Summaryii

Introduction1

Literature Review1

Strategies, Qualitative Forecast and the Data1

Exemplars of analytics2

Operational Management2

Sustainability of Production, Packaging and Transportation2

Environmental, social and political impacts of Fiji Water's operations in Fiji3

Fiji Water Operation Strategies4

Focus Strategy4

Low Cost Strategy4

Differentiation Strategy4

Fiji Water Layout, Process type and Technology5

Network Technologies5

Involvement of People5

Process Management5

System Management5

Review Methodology5

Conclusion and Recommendations6

References7

Operations Management Coursework 2013

Introduction

Fiji Water developed a simple product that has come to be a symbol of high class and support for the environment. Bottled water is a luxury product which the Fiji company claims is made with „sustainable practices?. When one takes a closer look at the company and its product though, it is hard to come to the conclusion that they are indeed ahead of the curve on sustainability. Bottled water is surrounded by controversy, its sustainability firmly in question. Fresh water is an increasingly scarce resource that may become a growing source of conflict in the future, and there is likely no way to make bottled water of any kind sustainable. Tap water is more practical, efficient, and in many cases healthier than its bottled counterpart; and this is certainly true for the United States.

We will examine the Fiji Water as a case study of one bottled water brand. We were inspired to asses Fiji Water, because of the Vermont State Legislature's recommendation that stores stop carrying Fiji Water due to health concerns, as well as the current campaign to ban bottled water entirely form the UVM campus due to sustainability concerns. We will look at the sustainability of the production and transportation of Fiji water; of its health concerns; and of its impacts on the Fijian environment, society and politics. We will then compare this to the alternative practice of drinking tap water, as well as the production and health effects of Klean Kanteens (stainless steel reusable water bottles) in conjunction with tap water (Klean, 2010).

Literature Review

The article “Competing on analytics”, by Thomas ...