An operations management strategy for the Canadian Forces Maritime Warfare Center

Abstract

This paper identifies some of the strategic challenges that the Canadian Forces Maritime Warfare Centre (CFMWC) has faced over the past decade, and provides Operations Management based recommendations to surmount them. The paper also provides recommendations to the firm in order to better align production processes with corporate strategy in order to enhance CFMWC’s position as an international product leader. The most important aspect of production to recognize is the fact that operations are limited by the available number of personnel, and as such the firm would benefit significantly from focusing upon increasing employee productivity, particularly in the automation of the more mundane aspects of the value chain.