OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Catalog description

This course examines the strategic, tactical, and operational importance of operations management to the overall performance of the company. The course deals with the design and management of products, processes, services within the supply chains. The course addresses strategic issues like the size and location of manufacturing plants, supply chain technology, tactical issues like plant layout and structure, project management methods, and equipment selection and replacement. And Operational issues like production scheduling and control, inventory management, quality assurance, traffic and materials handling, equipment maintenance policies, capacity planning, aggregate planning, and Just-in-time.