OM Outline
OM Outline
OM Outline
COURSE OUTLINE
Operations and Production Management
Course
Instructor
Name of the Course Operations and Production Management
Course Number
BC/MC-613
Credit Hours
3: Three Hours Per Week
Category
Core
This course is an extension to the subject of management. It is
a compulsory subject at the terminal level of the
Aims and Objectives B.Com/M.Com Honors Program. It is aimed to study
the systems and the processes that produce goods
and/or provide services in manufacturing concerns.
MID TERM:
No. of
Introduction:
Lectures
Definition of Operations management.
4 Lectures
Nature and scope of Operations management.
Types of Operations.
Operations function.
Primary functions of Operations management
Traits of a Good Operations Manager
Importance of Operations management
Interaction of Operations with other functional areas of business.
Operations Performance and Strategy
Process Design:
3 Lectures
What is process design?
Process Types the volume variety effect on process design
Design of Products and Services:
2 Lectures
Why is good design so important?
Benefits of interactive design
Supply Network Design:
3 Lectures
The supply network perspective
Program
B.Com/ M. Com
3 Lectures
3 Lectures
3 Lectures
3 Lectures
5 Lectures
Final Examination:
Inventory Planning and Control
What is inventory?
Advantages and disadvantages of holding inventory
The volume decision
4 Lectures
The time decision
Supply Chain Planning and Control:
What is supply chain management?
The activities of supply chain management
3 Lectures
Types of relationships in supply chains
ERP and MRP:
What is ERP?
How did ERP develop?
3 Lectures
What is MRP?
The Bills of Materials
Lean Synchronization
5 Lectures
The Lean Philosophy of Operations Management
The Techniques of Lean Management --- JIT System
Quality Management:
3 Lectures
What is Quality and why is it important?
Components of Total Quality Management
Operations and Risk Management
What is Risk Management
1 Lecture
Assess the potential causes of risks from failure
Preventing Failure occurring
Mitigating the effects of failure
Recovering from the effects of failure
Operations and the Corporate Social Responsibility
Text Book
Operations Management By, William J. Stevenson 9th edition
Prescribed:
Recommended
Books:
Instructional
Aids/Resources
Teaching Strategies
Assessment Criteria
Recommendations
Journals:
Journal of Operations Management
International Journal of Operations and Production Management
International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management
Websites:
The Association for Operations Management:http://www.apics.org/default.htm
Institute of Operations Management (IOM): http://www.iomnet.org.uk/
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society (MSOM),
http://msom.society.informs.org/