Operations Consulting

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OPS571 Operations Management

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Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is for students to learn how to develop an operations consulting proposal.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Operations and Supply Chain Management: Ch. 25, Microsoft® PowerPoint®

Choose a business in the media having difficulties with its operating model (This business needs to be in current events within the last week)

Evaluate how all or some of the items from the Operations Consulting Tool Kit in Operations and Supply Chain Management could help this business get back on track.

Operations Consulting Tool Kit

Operations consulting tools can be categorized as tools for problem definition, data gathering, data analysis and solution development, cost impact and payoff analysis, and implementation. These—along with some tools from strategic management, marketing, and information systems that are commonly used in OSCM consulting

Determine the resources and data you will need to deploy an operations consulting engagement with this business.

Develop a business case including financial benefits on how operations consulting can have a positive impact on the business.

Develop a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation of an operations consulting engagement proposal to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the target firm. (Cover page, Table of contents, and reference page does not count toward slide count)

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

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Attached.

Table of contents

1. Victoria’s Secret business struggle
2. Useful operations consulting tools for the Victoria’s Secret
business
3. Sources of data to be utilized in deploying operations
consulting engagement with the business
4. Business case for operations consultancy proposal for
victoria’s secret
5. Financial benefits for this proposal

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A picture of Victoria’s Secret front view of the retail store. ( Mike, 2018)
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Victoria’s Secret business struggle
• It is a business in the retail category that deals mostly with

women’s lingerie stuff.
• The business executives expects a greater downfall than growth as
they report that they expect to close at least 20 shops and open only

3 new ones.
• The business is also reported to have experience a downfall in sales
and that the retirement of the CEO has also affected the business.
• The decisions about closure of stores are based on the performance
of the specific stores.
• The above points prove that there is an operating problem in this
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business.

Useful operations consulting tools

for the Victoria’s Secret business


Problem definition



Cost impact and payoff analysis



Data gathering, analysis and solution deve...


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