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OM Podcast #4: Strategic Decision Making at McDonald’s

Welcome to our latest Operations management podcast! Today, Jay Heizer and Barry Render discuss the strategic decision making at McDonald’s that has made it such a successful company. We hope you enjoy hearing about some of the interesting operations advances that firm has made in its products (Chapter 5), processes and technology (Chapter 7). and layout (Chapter 9) to give it a competitive advantage.

 

And don’t forget to join us at the POMS meeting on May 22nd at 4:30 pm for a “meet the authors” ice cream social.

 

 

Instructors, assignable auto-graded exercises using this podcast are available in MyLab OM.  Contact your Pearson rep to learn more!  https://www.pearson.com/us/contact-us/find-your-rep.html

We will be slowing down our podcasts in the summer to one a month, so we will see you for our next podcast June 12th for a discussion about  NASCAR pit stops..

OM Podcast #2: How Does Blockchain Work?

Welcome to our second Operations management podcast! Today, Jay Heizer and Barry Render delve into the topic of blockchain, which is a topic in Chapter 11, Supply Chain Management. We will talk about its cryptocurrency origins and the work of Gerber, Nestle, Unilever, Walmart, and IBM to create a blockchain system called Food Trust. We also discuss blockchain’s shortcomings and how both shipping giant Maersk and retail giant Walmart have had to cut back on their original goals dramatically.

 

Instructors, assignable auto-graded exercises using this podcast are available in MyLab OM.  Contact your Pearson rep to learn more!  https://www.pearson.com/us/contact-us/find-your-rep.html

See you every two weeks in our new podcast series. Next up, on April 24th, is a discussion about the formidable task of managing large projects, which ties into Chapter 3 of our OM text.

OM Podcast #1: Sustainability and Supply Chains

 

Welcome to our newest Operations Management text feature–bimonthly podcasts on topics we think you and your OM students will find interesting.

 

Jay and I will be creating 8-9 minute podcasts–posted on this blog. They will be tied to specific chapters in the text. Assignable auto-graded exercises using this podcast (in the form of multiple choice questions) are available in our MyLab OM.  To learn more about these assignments in MyLab, contact your Pearson rep at  https://www.pearson.com/us/contact-us/find-your-rep.html

Today’s topic relates to Supplement 5, Sustainability in the Supply Chain. In it, we talk about new government regulations, the clothing industry, Apple, and greenhouse gasses. Let us know what you think. The next podcast will be released in two weeks on the topic of Blockchains.