QM 3345Operations Management

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A study of how organizational processes add value as they convert inputs to outputs. Topics covered include: the strategic relationship of operations with other functional organizations, value chain concepts, quantitative methods of operations in- cluding: forecasting ;models, inventory models, statistical process control, process models and project management methods. The course also pro- vides an review of current supply chain philoso- phies such as: JIT, MRP and EOQ inventory manage- ment methods.