Projects For Mba

Projects for MBA Productivity 1. A study of productivity in manufacturing sector in Pacific Island Countries: (Study to measure productivity and analyze problems and provide solutions. Students can select any country of their choice for their study. Students can also select any particular industry of their choice) 2. What is ailing productivity in Pacific Island Countries? A comparative study of productivity in manufacturing sector in Pacific Island Countries. 3. A study of productivity in small and medium manufacturing enterprises in Pacific Island Countries: 4. A study of productivity in government services in Pacific Island Countries: Problems and Solutions. 5. Enhancing productivity in services sector through effective operations management: A study of banking organizations. 6. Enhancing productivity in services sector through effective operations management: A study of Insurance Industry. 7. Is measuring productivity in services sector difficult? An empirical study. Operations and Strategy 8. Role of effective service operations in survival and growth of organizations: A study of Tourism Industry in Fiji/Samoa (Resorts) 9. Customer service as a competitive strategy: A study of banking organizations. 10. Global Operations Strategy: Mass customization an end of mass production. 11. Strategic issues in logistics and Supply Chain Management 12. Strategic Operations Management practices of Global manufacturing organizations. 13. Factors affecting evolution of manufacturing in Pacific Island Countries; A study of Fiji (Historical and Current perspective) 14. Study of operations management in insurance organizations; A case of LICI, Fiji 15. A study of effects of operations strategy on the business strategy of an organization 16. Study of Operational efficiency of Nadi airport. 17. Global Strategy: Operations strategy of Fiji water Project Management 18. Reengineering the Business Processes in Sugar industry in Fiji 19. Management by Projects: Application of project management techniques to manufacturing/ services operations

Forecasting 20. A study of forecasting practices in manufacturing sector in Fiji: FMF Industries 21. Forecasting the seasonality and trends in health care: A study of Suva Private Hospital 22. Forecasting practices in Telecommunications Industry: A study of Telephone Fiji Limited/Vodafone/ Fintel 23. Applying Time series forecasting to tourism industry 24. Using regression and correlation Analysis in forecasting the demand for hospital services. 25. Demand forecasting for a retail company. Design of Goods and services 26. Collaborative product development with customers and suppliers. 27. Use of cross functional teams in Product/service design. 28. Designing and delivery of services in hospitals: An examination of operations management problem in health care 29. Managing service operations in restaurants 30. Innovation and planned obsolescence: A study of Nokia 31. Innovation in design as tool for sustained competitive advantage 32. Outsourcing in manufacturing sector: Long term implications for developed and developing nations. 33. Global Outsourcing in manufacturing : Opportunities for Pacific Island Countries 34. Global Outsourcing in services Industry : Opportunities for Pacific Island Countries 35. Process Strategy: Creating value through mass customization. 36. Product differentiation strategy- Role of operations management Process and Capacity Planning 37. Study of opportunities for transformation of traditional apparel industries with flexible manufacturing systems: A study of Fijian apparel Industry 38. Retail Operations management at Wall-Mart: Lessons learnt 39. A study of capacity planning in Tourism sector in Fiji/Samoa 40. Impact of process changes on customer perception of waiting times in Banking Industry 41. Service Process Design in banking industry /insurance industry 42. Measuring service delivery process in banking Industry; A study of XXX bank (Student can select any bank of his choice) 43. Managing successful retailing operations in a multi channel environment

Location and Layout Strategy 44. Mass customization and effects on plant layout 45. Effectiveness of cellular layout under dynamic demand. 46. Demand chain management in manufacturing and services 47. Service location strategy: A study of (Dhanerao) resorts 48. Effect of layout on productivity of employees (Students can select an Industry) 49. Effect of layout on customer satisfaction(Students can select an Industry) Supply Chain Management and Logistics 50. Impact of Supply Chain Management on a firm’s over all performance: Study of manufacturing industry in Fiji (FMFetc). 51. Supply Chain: as strong as the weakest link 52. Study of impact of revolutionary technologies on inventory management: RFID, Inventory and Supply Chain Management 53. Supply Chain management at Wal-Mart: lessons for retailing industries 54. Effect of Globalization on Supply Chain management – (Students can select industries) Inventory Management 55. Are economic order quantity models effective: An empirical study. 56. Effect of lead time uncertainty on safety stocks 57. Inventory tracking systems: RFID in managing the inventories 58. Study of applicability of inventory models to health care industry 59. Pull system and inventory reduction 60. Efficiencies in large distribution systems: A case of MH super market Fiji 61. Online retail organizations (e-tailers) and inventory management 62. Controlling inventory costs in consumer good industries. Aggregate planning 63. Matching Demand and supply in service organizations with aggregate planning. 64. Application of aggregate planning models in Pacific Island countries. 65. Successful services operations management with aggregate planning. MRP and ERP 66. Study of high failure rate in ERP projects. 67. Effect of Operations strategy on MRP

Just In Time and Lean production 68. A comparative study of lean and mass production systems: Toyota and Ford systems. 69. Effect of culture on Lean manufacturing System: 70. Study of Kanban and applicability in Pacific countries Total Quality Management 71. Improving Service Quality – Hospitals/ Financial organizations/ telecommunications/Internet Service Providers ( Any one Industry) 72. A comparative study of incremental change (TQM) and radical change (BPR) in operations management 73. Measuring quality in services industry: Academic institutions 74. Service quality assessment in Suva private Hospital/ CWM hospital 75. Statistical Process Control and applicability to service oriented industries. 76. Total Quality Management in Tourism industry in Fiji/Samoa 77. Kaizen and benefits to operations. 78. Can TQM provide sustainable competitive advantage for small businesses? Human resources in Operations management 79. Effect of learning curves on hospital operations management. 80. Building a better buyer seller relationship with Partner Relationship management.. 81. Turning workers into problem solvers: a case study of Toyota 82. A study of customer service and customer satisfaction in outpatient department in CWM Hospital 83. Managing conflict between Operations and Marketing 84. Effect of employee motivation, training and satisfaction on Quality 85. Foreign knowledge workers as a strategic option: A case of Malaysian IT industry. 86. Using balanced scorecard in partner and Employee Relationship management 87. Operations management as a tool for better customer relationship management IT, Electronic Commerce and Operations Management 88. Challenges to Operations management in pure on line organizations: A study of Amazon.com 89. Creating synergy in operations of Click and Mortar organizations: A study of Barnes and Noble. 90. A study of operations management in IT (software) organizations 91. A study of operations management in call centers

92. Information sharing and cross functional integration for creating effective supply chains 93. Effect B2B e commerce on operations management: Maintenance Management 94. Total productive maintenance