Production and Operations Management

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This course provides an introduction to the principles, problems, and practices of production and operations management. Managerial emphasis will be placed on effectively conducting operations and services for both service-based and manufacturing-based industries. All three aspects of decision making in businesses will be discussed: strategic, tactical, and operational. Topics such as forecasting, operations strategy, process design, capacity planning, location analysis, layout design, quality management, Just-in-time (JIT), lean manufacturing, inventory management, queuing theory, and optimization modeling will be covered. Students may not take both MGMT 4321 and LSCM 4321 for credit.<br/>