Capacity Planning – Meaning, Classification and its Goals
February 12, 2025
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International production and operations management deals with production of goods and services in international locations and markets. It involves management process which has to take into consideration local production market (labor and capital) and international customer requirements.
The foundation for international production and operations is no different to domestic production and operations management. But there are certain aspects which make international exposure a challenge for an organization.
As IPOM is dynamic in nature, organization has to design it strategic objectives which cover following points:
Organization has to clearly identify challenges it is likely to face in an international environment. Those challenges can be categorized as follows:
Organization needs to consider the following point while developing IPOM strategies:
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