MIS 518 Advanced Operations Management Spring 2015
INSTRUCTOR: Aslı Sencer
COURSE SCHEDULE: Wednesday 10:00-13:00 (HKB108)
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COURSE DESCRIPTION: The aim of operations management is to accomplish the mission of a service or manufacturing organization by using the resources in the most efficient and effective ways. This course is devoted to discuss the basic issues involved in design and development of products and services while emphasizing the coordination of resources to improve cost, quality and customer service. Along with the computer revolution, i.e., pc’s, internet service providers, www, information systems and software that runs on information systems, traditional OM concepts has passed over an adaptation period. In this course the emphasis will be on ERP systems and supply chain management with an MIS perspective.
DESIGN CONTENT: This course is designed as a graduate course in management information systems. There will be a midterm and a final exam. There will be case studies which can be prepared by groups of two-three students. Students will be asked to prepare a report for a case or articles and present it in 20 minutes in class.
Attendance and Participation:
The commitment of the students to the lectures is essentially required since the OM concepts are best understood by giving examples, stating different ideas and attending class discussions. Students are expected to come prepared, ask questions and comment on the issues. Extra work of the students will be credited.
Evaluation
Midterm exam35%
Final exam 35%
Case presentation 20%
Participation and attend. 10%
PREREQUISITE: This course primarily makes use of optimization techniques; therefore a good command of operations research is an asset.
TEXTBOOK:
Heizer, J, Render, B., “Operations Management”, 11th edition, Prentice Hall, 2013.
References:
Hanna, M., Newman, W. R., “Integrated Operations Management”, Prentice-Hall, 2001.
Slack, N., Chambers, S., Johnston, R., “Operations Management”, 4th edition, Prentice-Hall, 2004.
Chopra S. and Meindl. P., Supply Chain Management: Strategy,Planning, and Operations, 2ndEdition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.
COURSE OUTLINE
Weeks / Title1 / Introduction to Operations Management (Heizer, Render, Chp.1)
2 / The Global Environment and Operations Strategy (Heizer, Render, Chp. 2)
3 / Forecasting Demand (Heizer, Render, Chp. 4)
4 / Forecasting Demand (Heizer, Render, Chp. 4)
5 / Managing the Supply Chain (Heizer, Render, Chp. 11)
6 / Managing the Supply Chain (Heizer, Render, Chp. 11)
7 / Case Presentations
8 / Managing Inventory (Heizer, Render, Chp.12)
9 / Managing Inventory (Heizer, Render, Chp.12)
10 / MIDTERM (April 15)
11 / Spring Break!
12 / AggregateScheduling (Heizer, Render, Chp. 13)
13 / Material Requirements Planning and ERP (Heizer, Render, Chp. 14)
14 / Case Presentations
Case topic of this year (to be prepared in groups of 3-4 students)
Consider opening an Asian hot pot restaurant in Istanbul. You will be asked to evaluate its feasibility in terms of
-positioning your mission and strategy
-forecasting demand
-design of the supply chain
-an aggregate production plan and material requirements plan.
-a study of IS integration
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