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OM EM-14
Executive One-Year MBA (Full-time) 2014-15




Dr. Manimay Ghosh/OM – 1 year MBA/1May 2014

Operations Management
Credits2.0
Faculty NameManimay Ghosh, mghosh@ximb.ac.in, 6647737
Program1 year MBA (Executive Post Graduate Degree), FT
Academic Year and Term2014-2015


1. Course Objective: The scope of OM ranges from strategic to tactical and operational levels. Representative strategic issues include determining the size and location of manufacturing plants, product and service design, acquisition of new technologies and designing of supply chains. Tactical issues include aggregate planning, equipment selection and replacement, facility layout and so forth. Operational issues include production scheduling and control, inventory management, quality control, and more.
2. Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
· Identify types of operations decisions and explain productive system types;
· Explain alternative approaches to capacity planning;
· Appreciate scientific methods for making optimal location and layout decisions;
· Applying forecasting technique to manage demand;
· Manage inventory efficiently;
· Apply the concepts of lean manufacturing in managing operations;
· Implement quality management concepts at every level for superior quality products and services;
3. Required Text Book and Reading Material:
Operations Management for Competitive Advantage by Chase, Jacobs, Aquilano & Ravishankar, Tata McGraw Hill (12th Ed)

References:

a. Operations Management by William J Stevenson, McGraw-Hill.
b. Operations Management: Processes and Value Chains by Krajewski, Ritzman and Malhotra, Pearson or Prentice Hall.
c. Operations Management by Russell and Taylor III, Pearson Education.
d. Modern Production / Operations Management by Buffa and Sarin, John Wiley & Sons.

4. Tentative Session Plan:

Session No.
Topics
Pre-reading*
1,2
ForecastingChapter 15
3,4
Capacity PlanningChapter 5
5
Plant LocationChapter 11
6
Plant Layout Chapter 7A
7,8,9
Inventory ManagementChapter 17
10
Aggregate Planning Chapter 16
11
MRPChapter 18
12, 13
Quality ManagementChapter 9, 9A
14
Lean Manufactuirng ManagementChapter 12

5. Evaluation:
1. Quiz 1 (Individual, online) : 20 %
2. Quiz 2 (Individual, online) : 20 %
3. Midterm (Individual, online) : 20 %
4. Final exam (hard copy) : 40 %
TOTAL : 100 %

6. Academic Integrity: Utmost care is taken as to maintain class decorum, follow the exact evaluation norms, conduct fair examinations, fair and transparent evaluation of examination papers so as to maintain the highest academic integrity.





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