globalisation, technology, quality expectations, cost-based competition, government policies, legal regulation, environmental sustainability
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Quality expectations of the product to be produced by Operations has implications both for Transformed (inputs) and Transforming resources (better quality equipment may be necessary, or more thorough and advanced quality control processes may be needed)
Aspects of quality which will have impacts on operations transformed and transforming resources are outlined here
Designers want IKEA customers to believe they are purchasing quality products even though the price is low. IKEA’s management of product quality within their highly automated production lines is made possible by 'Quality Centres'. Through these centres, remote monitoring of product quality is capable through lasers, cameras and computer programs all used in real-time. Defects in entire production lines will not only be a huge financial cost for IKEA's operations, if the products are sold onto the customer they will be dissatisfied with the quality and may never shop at an IKEA again.