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History of Operations Management

The document outlines the history and evolution of operations management from the 18th century to present day. It traces key developments such as Adam Smith's division of labor in 1776, scientific management principles by Taylor and Babbage in the late 19th century, Ford's assembly line in 1913, and the contributions of Gilbreth, Gantt, and Shewhart in motion study, scheduling, and statistical process control between 1911-1931. It also discusses important developments in the 20th century including the Hawthorne experiments in the 1930s, operations research during World War 2, and the increasing role of computers since the 1970s.

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History of Operations Management

The document outlines the history and evolution of operations management from the 18th century to present day. It traces key developments such as Adam Smith's division of labor in 1776, scientific management principles by Taylor and Babbage in the late 19th century, Ford's assembly line in 1913, and the contributions of Gilbreth, Gantt, and Shewhart in motion study, scheduling, and statistical process control between 1911-1931. It also discusses important developments in the 20th century including the Hawthorne experiments in the 1930s, operations research during World War 2, and the increasing role of computers since the 1970s.

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HISTORY OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

DIVISION OF LABOR BY ADAM SMITH (WEALTH OF NATIONS, 1776) LED TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE PRESENT DAY OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT. CHARLES BABBAGE (1832) ADVOCATED THE USE OF SCIENTIFIC METHODS FOR SHOP-FLOOR PROBLEMS. F.W. TAYLOR (1878) DESCRIBED AS PIONEER FOR METHOD STUDY AND TIME STUDY WHICH BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN PRODUCTIVITY.

THE PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT (1911) LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT. Mr. AND Mrs. GILBRETH CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO MOTION STUDY. FRANK GILBRETH DEVELOPED THE CONCEPT OF THERBLIG AND CHRONO-CYCLE-GRAPHS (1911). HENRY FORD (1913) ATTEMPTED MASS PRODUCTION AND ARRANGED WORK STATIONS INTO ASSEMBLY LINE WITH CONVEYOR BELT.

HENRY GANTT (1913) MADE KNOWN FOR HIS STUDIES OF PRODUCTION SCHEDULING, GANTT CHARTS. H. EMERSON (1913) KNOWN FOR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND SUGGESTED STAFF FUNCTIONARIES FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY. WILSON (1928) DEVELOPED EOQ. DODGE, ROMING AND SHEWHART (1931) PUT FORWARD THE CONCEPT OF SAMPLE INSPECTION.

STEWHART (1924) DEVELOPED CONTROL CHARTS AND LAID FOUNDATION FOR SQC. BETWEEN 1933 39 MAYO AND HIS ASSOCIATION CONDUCTED THE FAMOUS HAWTHRONE EXPERIMENTS EMPHASISING THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN ELEMENT AND INFORMAL GROUPS TO RAISE PRODUCTIVITY. BLAKE AND MOUTONS MANAGERIAL GRID DOUGLAS Mc. GREGORS THEORY X & Y MASLOWS NEED HIERARCHY THEORY.

TIPETT (1937) DEVELOPED THE CONCEPT OF WORK SAMPLING TO SET UP WORK STANDARDS. OPERATION SRESEARCH THE NAME COINED DURING SECOND WORLD WAR (1947). IN 1947 SIMPLEX METHOD IN LINEAR PROGRAMMING CONCEPT WAS DEVELOPED BY GEORGE AND LP CONTRIBUTED BY DANTZIG.

1940s INVENTORY, LAYOUT PROBLEMS, SCHEDULING, VALUE ENGINEERING ETC. 1950 1960s SIMULATION, WAITING LINES THEORY, CPM-PERT ETC. 1970s COMPUTERISED INVENTORY CONTROL, COMPUTERISED SCHEDULING ETC.

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