Logistics and Operations Management

Question: Critically evaluate methods of planning and organising efficient operations and networking.    Answer: Introduction This paper described the various aspect of Apple. The objective is to evaluate the Apple product design in the marketplace. This paper enable to determine the Apple product or service, significance process of Apple product design, aim of product process design, stages of Apple product design concept and   impact of performance objectives on the product design. This paper successfully spelled out Apply product variety in the worldwide market. Indeed, Apply is multinational company that designs, develops and sells computer software and consumer electronics. Apply headquarter located in Cupertino, California. Apply was founded in 1976 by the Steve Jobs. It is world largest technology company in the term of revenue. It is a second largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world. It was first company in the United States that valued over 700 billion US dollar. It operates the Apple online store and iTunes store along with world largest music retailer. Its enjoy high level of brand l oyalty. Best Global report is valuable brand with 118.9 billion us dollar valuation. It is worldwide annual income 233 billion us dollar for the fiscal year in 2015. Further, Its hardware products involves the smartphone, the iPad tablet computer, iPhone, the iPod portable media player, the Apply watch smartwatch, and the Mac personal computer. Its software involves the OS X, the iTunes media player, the Safari web browser, the iWork, the iLife and productivity suites. (Jaipuria & Zhang 2011) Introduction of Apple product or service: Apple produce different kinds of product or services such as Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple watch, Apple TV, Software and electric vehicles. Mac: Apple produce different kinds of accessories such as Magic mouse, Magic Trackpad, Wireless keyboard, Battery charger, Time capsule and the Airport wireless. Currently Mac produced these items such as Macbook air, Macbook pro, Mac mini, iMac and Mac pro in the different year to fulfill the consumer needs or demands. (Farmer & Tildes 2007) iPod: Apple produced the iPod music player. It is market leader in portable music player with proper margin. Its done parternership with Nike to offer the Nike+iPod kit. Apple sold 350 million units shipped as of September 2012. (Jaipuria & Zhang 2011) iPhone: Apple released first generation iPhone in 2007. iPhone was updated with 16 GB memory that is beneficial for the iPhone capacity. It also involves web based apps like Weather and Google Maps. Its features a 3.5 inch display, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The iPhone 3G was launched in July 2008 with less price in $199. (Farmer & Tildes 2007) iPad: Apply launched iPad that run modified of Ios. It offers touch interaction multimedia format involves ebooks, photos, video, video games, newspaper and word processing documents. Apply iPad involves mobile version of Safari for web browsing, iBookstore, notes, contacts and App store. Apple launched the iPad 2 in the 2011 with quick processor and front camera. It was limited result of a devasting tsunami and earthquake. The fourth generation iPad launched in 2012 with updated A6X processor. (Jaipuria & Zhang 2011) Apply watch: The apple watch was started by Cook in 2014 and released in April, 2015. It consists of fitness-tracking that are similar to Fitbit and should be used with iPhone to work. Apple TV: Apple produced Apple TV in 2007 by the jobs. It was associated with users TV, syncs, streams content from an additional four, Wi-Fi or a wired network. Apply produced 40 GB apple TV in 2009. It was released a redesigned Apply TV. It unveiled Apple TV in September, 2015. (Farmer & Tildes 2007) Software: It introduced itw own operating system to ru OS X and Macs. Its offer professional software titles. It involves operating system apply remote desktop, Xsan, storage area network and remote system management application. It offer online service with iCloud that provide syncing for a wide range of data along with email, photo, documents, contacts and calendars. Software is significant product in digital ear that is popularized in the worldwide market. (Jaipuria & Zhang 2011) Electric vehicles: It desire to start producing an electric car with autonomous driving as soon as 2020. It put efforts to hire battery experts and other electric automobile workers from A123 system, Toshiba, Tesla motor, Panasonic, Samsung Electronic and LG chem. (Farmer & Tildes 2007) Importance of   Apple product or service process design: Process design is central chemical engineering and bringing together all areas components.   Process desing is quipment design that closer in spirit to the unit operations. Apple produced the different kinds of product that require the appropriate process design which can fulfill the customer needs or desires. The importance of Apple process design that is planning principle, decision takers and plan-makers that look to secure high quality design. A good Apple process design is creating places, spaces, building that work well for each person that will fulfill needs of future generations. The importance of Apple design process in practical and creative way to both the function and identify a place. It puts water, energy, community, drainage, economic and infrastructure that is significance for the Apple design process. A good process design helps to deliver a wide range of planning objectives and goals, enhance the quality of the Apple product and address the requirement for different uses.   Apple managers are able to produce design that fit with all kinds of products variety that is beneficial for the organization growth and success. Apple produced high qulity information technology product that require new process design to fulfill customer demand. New process design is demad of current competitive market because different people have different kinds of needs or demands. Further, align operation with new strategy, improve process communication, increase consistency, improve operational efficiency and competitive advantages are the main importance of the process design of the Apple that helps to survive in the competitive market. Apple product variety require a high value of the organization. Apple produce information technology product that require technical knowledge to process design. It is significant of Apple product process design that require high level of technology. (Jaipuri a & Zhang 2011)    Aim of product or service process design: The objective of the Apple process design is significantly important in any organization. Accessible, cost effective, historic preservation, productive, secure/safe, aesthetics, funcational/operational and sustainable are the main aim of the Apple Company. Accessible: It is a significant objective of the Apple product or services that make process easy for increase sales volume of the Apple product. Product design should be convienient for survive in the market. (Macintyre, Parry & Angelis 2011) Cost effective: The aim of the Apple product is to cost effective that is necessary in current competitive market. Cost attract the new buyer of it because people want quality product in low price. Further, cost determine the mood of the consumer about the product or service. Historic preservation: Apple helps to achieve the organization goals and objective through preservation. Apple has many kinds of information technology prduct that aim to fulfill different kinds of customer needs or demands. (Nahmani 2010) Productive: It is a significant objective of the Apple to raise the productivity of it. A high production of the apple helps to raise the sales volume and profitability of the organization. Information technology require variety of product that is possible through high productive. (Macintyre, Parry & Angelis 2011) Further, production is key of any business success because it helps to raise the organization growth. Secure/safe: The objective of the Apple is to provide safe or secure product to their customer. It is necessary of the organization success. Information technology product require high security because people can mis use it. So, security is the main demand of it. Safety features in the information technology product raise the sales of the specific product. (Nahmani 2010) Aesthetics: It is main objective of Apple is to provide attractiveness in their product variety that attract new consumers. People desire new features in information technology product that can fulfill their requirement. Different kinds of iPhone, iPad launched in the market due to fulfill customer demands. Features of the product attract the technology product cosumer. Functional/operational: It is a significant objective of the Apple. Operational determine its duration, quantity and existence. It is related to machine that helps to recfity the machine structure that is beneficial for the organization success. Further, operational is related to planning and production. Operational plays significant role in the information technology related organization. So, it is an important aim of the Apple. (Nahmani 2010) Sustainable: It is main objective of Apple is to provide sustainable product to their customer.   Every development has each pollution. So, we should apply which development that related pollution can be digest by the human society that is known as sustainable. It is a demand of the current competitive technology market. (Macintyre, Parry & Angelis 2011) Stages of product or service design concept: Apple product face these stages to design product or sevice that is described below: Consider customer needs: It is first stage of the product or service design concept. Apple should find out the consumer needs or demands before launch the product in the market. Apple should conduct the research for understand the customer needs or demands. (Macintyre, Parry & Angelis 2011) Concept screening: Apple should concept screening about the product that is beneficial of the organization growth and success. Screening helps to find out optimum result provided product or service. (Slack, Chambers & Johnston 2007) Design process: After screening the Apple product, they should set the product or service design that is beneficial for the organization growth and development. It is significant stage of the Apple design process. Apple should design process as per their customer demands or needs because customer is king of the market. Customer is wholesale of the current competitive market. Product testing: Product testing is the necessary for design the Apple product or service because they produce the information technology product that require high testing before launch the market. Product testing is healthy part for any organization that helps to raise the consumer trust about the product or service. (Macintyre, Parry & Angelis 2011) Analysis the impact of performance objective: Performance objectives are the milestone the program goals. Performance objectives must create all program includes risk mitigation, emergency, business continuity and hazard deterrence. Quality, speed, dependability, cost and flexibility are the performance objectives that impact on design of the Apple product or service that is described below: Quality: Quality of the product or services helps to determine the organization strength. Apple have information technology related quality product or service that positive impact on the consumers. Further, quality is the necessary part in the organization that impact performance objective of the organization. Quality of the Apple product helps to raise the sales volume of the organization. (Jaipuria & Zhang 2011) Speed: Information technology related product require the high speed in their features that has positive impact on the organization. Slow speed product doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t attract people in the current competitive market. iPad require high speed features to compete in the market. Dependability: Apple produce information technology related product that depend on consumer buying interest. Consumer buying interest depends on the product features. (Marcia & LÃÆ' ¼sted 2012) Cost: Cost impact the design of the product. Variety of features helps to raise the cost of the product design. People prefer low cost with quality product that impact positively on the performance objective of the prodct design. Apply produce different kinds of iPhone to attact the different kinds of consumer as per their buying capacity. (Jaipuria & Zhang 2011) Flexibility: Apple should produce different kinds of the product to make flexible manufacturing as per consumer demands or needs. It is significant impact of performance objective that helps to design flexible product as per consumer demands or needs. (Jaipuria & Zhang 2011) Conclusion On the basis of about analysis, concluded that clarity in Apple product or service, significance process of Apple product design, aim of product process design, stages of Apple product design concept and   impact of performance objectives on the product design as well as high ability to adopt new technology in Apply helps to maintain its competitive position in the worldwide market.    References Angell, Y, 2013, The Smartphone & Computer Popular Brand Apple Inc, History Createspace Independent Pub, Washington. Drury, C, 2005, Management Accounting for Business, Cengage Learning EMEA, New Jersey. Fairhurst, C, 2014, Analysis and Design Methods: Comprehensive Rock Engineering: Principles, Practice and Projects, Elsevier, Washington. Farmer, J & Tildes, PL, 2007, Apples, Charlesbridge Publishing, New Jersey. 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