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