The Transformation Process
The Transformation Process All operations produce products and services by changing inputs into outputs. They do this by using the ‘input-transformation-output' process. In other words, operations are processes that take in a set of input resources which are used to transform something, or are transformed themselves, into outputs of products and services. There are two categories of inputs in any operation's processes; transformed and transforming resources. [1] Transformed resources are the resources that are treated, transformed or converted in the process. [2] The three main types of transformed resources include: [3] Materials: involves transforming either physically (e.g. manufacturing), by location (e.g. transportation), by ownership (e.g. retail) or by storage (e.g. warehousing). Information: This can be transformed by property (e.g. accountants), by possession (e.g. market research), by storage (e.g. libraries), or by location (e.g. telecommunicati