Production vs operations management

I am searching for the Difference between production and operations management? Can you please tell me what is Difference between production and operations management?

[Quick Sam]

You are asking for the Difference between production and operations management. Here I am providing you the basic Difference between production and operations management. This is as follows:


Operations Management

The purpose of operations management is to make certain that the operations of a business are efficient and effective and result in minimum of wastage.

Operations management tries to cut down resources involved in operations.

The operations management is more concerned on processes than people or products.

Production Management


The Production management on the other hand focuses specifically on the production of goods and services

The Production management is concentrated upon churning output from input.


I The Production management is broad sum of activities that go into turning raw material into final, finished product.


The Production management includes all management activities spanning selection.

Designing, operating, controlling and updating production system.

Hello sir, what is the major Difference between the Production vs operations management? Is there any one can show me difference between Production vs operations management?

[Raman Vij]

Production management and operations management both are very essential in meeting objective of an organization.

Operation management is the study of set of activities comprising supervision, planning and designing of business operations in the field of manufacturing of goods and services is termed as operations management.

And on other hand Production management on the other hand focuses specifically on the production of goods and services and is concentrated upon churning output from input.

Production Management v/s Operations Management

A high level comparison which distinct production and operations management can be done on following characteristics:

Output:
Production management deals with manufacturing of products like (computer, car, etc) while operations management cover both products and services

Usage of Output:
Products like computer/car are utilized over a period of time whereas services need to be consumed immediately

Classification of work:
To produce products like computer/car more of capital equipment and less labour are required while services require more labour and lesser capital equipment.

Customer Contact:
There is no participation of customer during production whereas for services a constant contact with customer is required.