manufacture class

CATALOG/COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course provides an overview of the functions, problems, solution techniques and decision making processes within the manufacturing and service environment. Topics include production planning, JIT, TQM and materials management.

OVERVIEW

The purpose of this course is to provide all Business Administration graduates with an overview of operations management. Operations include the parts of the organization, which are responsible for producing the goods and services all of us consume. Operations are the process by which people, capital, and materials (inputs) are combined to produce these goods and services (outputs). The course examines issues from product design, capacity planning, process flow and layout to materials management and quality control. The course addresses both short-term and long-term decisions that affect the performance of the organization.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Understand the concepts of Operations Strategy.

2. Understand the design of products, services and processes

3. Understand the concepts of quality for manufacturing and service organizations and project

management.

4. Understand supply chain concepts of global sourcing, lean supply chains.

5. Understand and be able to use tools for management of materials such as inventory management,

materials requirements planning etc.

PREREQUISITES AND COREQUISITES

Undergraduate level BUAD 2070 (Application of Statistics in Business Decision Making). Minimum Grade of D- in BUAD 2070 is required.

REQUIRED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

This course requires selected chapters from the text, "Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core” by F. Robert Jacobs and Richard B. Chase, 4th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2016. You will have inclusive one semester access to the publisher's site (known as CONNECT). The e-textbook as well as the homework will be available on CONNECT.

The video for Connect registration instruction: https://vimeo.com/281883800 1