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MGT613 : Production / Operations Management

Course Overview

Course Synopsis

Production and Operations Management also called POMA is a core course in a typical graduate as well as an undergraduate Business Administration Program. It will give you an introduction to the functional area of production and operations management as practiced in manufacturing industries and the services sector. It includes decision-making, project management, facility layout in manufacturing and services industries, waiting lines, quality control, just-in-time systems, forecasting, aggregate planning, inventory management, materials requirements planning (MRP), and operations scheduling.

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

  • Recognize and debate the importance of operations management in organizations.
  • Explain the relevance of the key functional areas of a business to the operations function.
  • Analyze and explain the various elements of decision models in operations management.
  • Introduce the value of capacity planning in operations management.
  • Recognize the role of inventory management in operations management.
  • Apply the key concepts of supply chain management and project management.

Course Calendar

1 Introduction to production & operations Management I
2 Introduction to production & operations Management II
3 Competitiveness, Strategy and Productivity
4 Distinctive competencies
5 Productivity
6 The Decision Process
7 Forecasting I
8 Forecasting II
9 Forecasting III
10 Forecasting IV
Assignment
11 Product and Service Design I
12 Product and Service Design II
13 Product and Service Design III
Quiz No.1
14 Reliability
15 Capacity Planning I
16 Capacity Planning II
Quiz No.2
17 Capacity Planning III
18 Process Selection
19 Facilities Layouts I
Graded Discussion Board
20 Facilities Layouts II
21 Design of Work Systems
22 Location Planning and Analysis
23 Management of Quality
24 Service Quality
25 Total Quality Management I
26 Total Quality Management II
27 Quality Control & Quality Assurance
28 Acceptance Sampling
29 Aggregate Planning I
30 Aggregate Planning II
31 Inventory Management I
Quiz No.3
32 Inventory Management II
33 Inventory Management III
34 Material requirements planning / Enterprise resource planning I
35 Material requirements planning / Enterprise resource planning II
36 Just in Time Production Systems I
37 Just in Time Production Systems II
38 Just in Time Production Systems III
39 Supply Chain Management I
40 Supply Chain Management II
41 Scheduling
42 Sequencing
43 Project Management I
44 Project Management II
45 Waiting Lines
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