Case Study - Hudson's Alpine Furniture



Case Study - Hudson's Alpine Furniture

Introduction

The paper attempts to enlighten the concepts of operational management and the effectiveness and efficiency of organizational operations in a holistic context. It also discusses the importance of efficient organizational operations in relation to the case study of Hudson's Alpine Furniture. The paper first attempts to highlight the technical analysis of Hudson's Alpine Furniture including the current production systems employed and the processes used by Hudson's. It then proceeds to define the problem covering effect of the new commercial furniture orders on various organizational operations. The paper also highlights the day-to-day operational issues associated with the decision-making process of the operational management. It also attempts to discuss the broader side of the organizational as well as the operational problems prevailing in Hudson's Alpine Furniture, which are associated with the effect to move to the commercial furniture and highlights as to how this will impact the financial structure. Furthermore, the paper then provides with a concise conclusion and recommendations for Hudson's Alpine Furniture in accordance with the situational case under study.

Discussion

Hudson's Alpine Furniture has been a successful business in the area of New South Wales Alps. The business has recently started moving to commercial furniture that has now being received in bulk quantities. Its basic aim is to meet the demands of all related woodworking including skiing as skiing is a common sport having a large market for Hudson's Alpine Furniture. The operational issues that Hudson's Alpine Furniture has recently started to face are closely associated with the new commercial furniture line that it has been focussing lately. The upcoming paragraphs comprehensively discuss the issues and attempt to provide with a solution for Hudson's Alpine Furniture regarding the operational issues.

In order to better understand the case of Hudson's Alpine Furniture, it is essential that the concept of operational management be known and understood. The concept of operational management is closely associated with organizations that manufacture products (Lewis & Slack, 2003). Hudson's Alpine Furniture is also an organization doing business by marketing its products for which it has to have a well drafter strategy regarding its operational management.

Operational Management

Operational management means or "managing down" which makes the public management into your organization to increase its ability to achieve their political purposes (Grünig, Kühn & Clark, 2010). It involves changes in organizational structure and system of roles and functions, the choice of leaders and mid-level consultant, the process of training of permanent staff, the continuous improvement of the functioning of the organization with its current technology and the introduction of technical innovations and strategies in line with ongoing projects (Johnston, 2003). Its main tasks are:

Analysis of services: Basically refers to the analysis of the consistency of the services offered or envisaged to provide the requirements of citizens. It also refers to compliance with the technical specifications of each product or service, testing for proper operation.

Process analysis: This refers to the technical and administrative processes, and its legal framework, used or intended to be ...