I need an explanation and understanding on the following:

Harvard Business School

10 JAN 2008SHARPENING YOUR SKILLS

Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management

• Explain why an organization would chose this article?
• How does it relate to what an organization could learn from this article?
• Can "lean" productions methods improve service industries?
• How can a company's order management cycle impact costs and margins?
• How does resource allocation lead to strategy failures?
• Can operations become a competitive advantage?
• Explain why you chose the article?
• How does it relate to operations management?
• How does this article relate to operations management and how will it help any organizations.

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