A small leather business located in Texas focuses on hand-crafted, hand-tooled custom leather products. The owner of the business started the business five years ago, and is currently planning on purchasing land in order to construct a large building that can help increase the production of custom leather products. His long-term goal is to have a retail location.
Focus of this paper will be on the five functions or decision areas related to production and operations management: process, capacity, inventory, workforce, and quality.
This paper must provide information on practices available for consideration.
General Paper Outline could be:
Abstract
Introduction
A. Production and Operations Function
B. Product and Process Design
C. Available Technologies
D. Managing Quality
E. Quality Control Improvement
Summary of Findings
Conclusion
APA citation format
Reference a minimum of 10 reputable sources.