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Operations Management: Course outline (SCM-502)

Course description

This course introduces students to the concepts underlying effective operation and control of manufacturing and service businesses. Approaches to production control, inventory policy, facilities planning, methods improvement and technological assessment are studied.

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Course objective

  • Demonstrate awareness and an appreciation of the importance of the operations and supply management to the sustainability of an enterprise.
  • Demonstrate a basic understanding of project management.
  • Demonstrate an awareness of the importance of facility layouts.
  • Explain the importance of quality control.
  • Apply techniques to measure quality control.
  • Demonstrate a basic understanding of the problems of waiting lines.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of just-in-time systems.
  • Explain the importance of forecasting.
  • Demonstrate the ability to apply some mathematical forecasting techniques.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of aggregate planning.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the problems involved in inventory management.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the principles underlying materials requirements planning.
  • Develop basic materials requirement schedules.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of operations scheduling