Production and Operations Management

Catalog description

This course aims to introduce concepts and techniques related to the design, planning, control, and improvement of both manufacturing and service operations. Some of the topics covered include: process description, flow diagrams, capacity analysis, capacity ROI, cycle time analysis, inventory management, delayed postponement, production control, work coordination, risk pooling, quality management, process design and reengineering, supply chain management. Teach fundamental concepts of design, planning, control and improvement of production and service systems. Provide an integrated view of analytical decision methods in a supply chain. Provide a detailed framework on forecasting concepts and techniques. Introduce overall supply chain planning starting from capacity planning. Teach techniques to deal with uncertainties in real life logistics systems. This course is cross listed with SCMT 335.