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OPERATIONS MANAGER

Specialty Definition: OPERATIONS MANAGER

DomainDefinition

Occupations

Directs and coordinates activities of operations department of air, motor, railroad, or water transportation organization: Confers and cooperates with management personnel in formulating administrative and operational policies and procedures. Directs and coordinates, through subordinate managerial personnel, activities of operations department to obtain optimum use of equipment, facilities, and personnel. Reviews and analyzes expenditure, financial, and operations reports to determine requirements for increasing profits, such as need for increase in fares or tariffs, expansion of existing schedules, or extension of routes or new routes. Prepares recommendations on findings for management evaluation. Recommends capital expenditures for acquisition of new equipment which would increase efficiency and services of operations department. Approves requisitions for equipment, materials, and supplies within limits of operations department budget. Enforces compliance of operations personnel with administrative policies, procedures, safety rules, and governmental regulations. Directs investigations into causes of customer or shipper complaints relating to operations department. May negotiate contracts with equipment and materials suppliers. May act as representative of transportation organization before government commissions or regulatory bodies during hearings for increased fares or tariffs and on extensions of or new routes. (references)
 Directs activities of main and branch offices of telegraph communications systems division: Interprets and implements company policies, and develops operating procedures to facilitate branch office operations. Conducts management studies, collecting and interpreting economic and statistical data to prepare budget estimates, determine work load, personnel, and equipment requirements, and to forecast future community needs. Approves branch office personnel assignments and requisition and installation of new equipment. Locates and appraises properties for proposed office locations and negotiates lease agreements with property owners. Prepares telegraph office layouts and drawings for administrative review. Inspects branch office installations and facilities to ensure that company service and operating standards are followed. Audits branch office accounts and verifies cash balances to determine accuracy and completeness of financial accounts and records. Directs security measures for protection of funds and personnel against injury or loss from sources, such as fire or theft. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: OPERATIONS MANAGER

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Economic History

Jamaica

Ms. Andrea Phillips, Operations Manager, or Mrs. Karla Huie Client Service Manager, Kingston Free Zone (KFZ), 27 Shannon Drive, Kingston 15, Tel: (876)923-5274; Fax: (876)923-6023. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: OPERATIONS MANAGER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

operations manager

54

operations manager job description

30

microsoft operations manager

28

operations manager resume

7

operations manager job

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: OPERATIONS MANAGER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-e-g-i-m-n-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-t"

-4 letters: permanganates, spermatogonia.

-5 letters: arraignments, arrangements, enamorations, impersonator, impregnators, permanganate, pomegranates, prenominates, reoperations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: OPERATIONS MANAGER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 50 45 52 41 54 49 4F 4E 53      4D 41 4E 41 47 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 01010011 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001110 01000001 01000111 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#80 &#69 &#82 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78 &#83 &#32 &#77 &#65 &#78 &#65 &#71 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E 0053      004D 0041 004E 0041 0047 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

49503952355443494853247354835413952

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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