What are the most significant distinctions between production processes and service systems, in terms of their design and operation?

What is it about service processes that make their design and operation so different from manufacturing processes?

List five important differences between goods production and service operations, then list five importantsimilarities.

Complete the Table below, if you need more space feel free to provide the answerbelow the provided table. For each Organization determine whether it is a Service of aManufacturing operation. What the process structure is. Whether it has more or lessdivergence and lineflow and whether the customer contact is high or low. Organization Service/ Manufacturing Process Structure Divergence & Lineflow Customer Contact         High/Low Health Insurance Company         Fresh Pomegranate Juice Stall         Taxi Company         Nike Shoes         Coca Cola

In many organisations, product-mix decisions are made by the marketing or sales departments. Why is this critical from an operations perspective and how might organisations be able to tackle this issue?

Discuss the scalability considerations in designing a system management strategy for a rapidly growing organization.