I’d love for you to share more examples of operations work, if it isn’t too much trouble. I find that when I am trying to understand a concept or an area, having more examples is generally quite helpful. Often in educational contexts only one or two examples are shared, which can cause the people learning to overgeneralize from a non-representative sample, or to “overfit” in a sense.
Sure! Here are some examples of high level questions you might solve as an Operations Consultant:
How can we most efficiently, and quickly, scale up the production of ventilators from X a month to XX a day
There aren’t enough care worker’s hours to deliver all the care currently needed in a county, how can we increase supply and reduced demand to meet care needs
How can we reduce waste and improve availability in a supermarket
Our team is being held to account on a Quality Assurance KPI but they keep on missing the target, how can we improve adherence
How can we halve tannoy calls to checkouts
How can we increase workforce productivity
How can we get a cheaper price for a key good we sell
A hospital doesn’t have enough hospital beds, how do we free up capacity and increase flow to free up spaces
I’d love for you to share more examples of operations work, if it isn’t too much trouble. I find that when I am trying to understand a concept or an area, having more examples is generally quite helpful. Often in educational contexts only one or two examples are shared, which can cause the people learning to overgeneralize from a non-representative sample, or to “overfit” in a sense.
Sure! Here are some examples of high level questions you might solve as an Operations Consultant:
How can we most efficiently, and quickly, scale up the production of ventilators from X a month to XX a day
There aren’t enough care worker’s hours to deliver all the care currently needed in a county, how can we increase supply and reduced demand to meet care needs
How can we reduce waste and improve availability in a supermarket
Our team is being held to account on a Quality Assurance KPI but they keep on missing the target, how can we improve adherence
How can we halve tannoy calls to checkouts
How can we increase workforce productivity
How can we get a cheaper price for a key good we sell
A hospital doesn’t have enough hospital beds, how do we free up capacity and increase flow to free up spaces