OM EM-15

OM EM-15
1yr MBA-Executive 2015-16T-II

Dr. Manimay Ghosh/OM – 1 year Executive MBA Page 1

Operations Management

Credits	2.0
Faculty Name	Manimay Ghosh, mghosh@ximb.ac.in, 6647737
Program	1 year MBA (Executive Post Graduate Degree), FT
Academic Year and Term	2015-2016

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, Russell and Taylor, 7th Ed, Wiley India

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. Modern Production / Operations Management by Buffa and Sarin, John Wiley & Sons.

4. Tentative Session Plan:

Session No.	Topics	Pre-reading*
1,2	Forecasting	Chap 12
3,4	Capacity Planning	Chap 7
5	Plant Location	Chap 7S
6	Plant Layout	Chap 7
7,8,9	Inventory Management	Chap 13
10	Aggregate Planning	Chap 14
11	MRP	Chap 15
12, 13	Quality Management	Chap 2, Chap 3
14	Lean Manufactuirng Management	Chap 16

5. Evaluation:
1. Quiz 1 (Individual) : 20 %
2. Quiz 2 (Individual) : 20 %
3. Assignment (individual) : 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.

7. Assignment: Each individual has to critique an article from an academic journal (published
between 2010-14) from any one of the following areas:
a. Forecasting
b. Capacity
c. Plant location
d. Plant layout
e. Lean manufacturing
f. Quality management
g. Inventory management

The typed report should not be more than 4 pages long (excluding the cover page). You should summarize the article and comment on its strengths and weaknesses. You must mention the title of the article, author’s name, journal name, year of publication, Volume No, Issue no. and page no in your report.

Created By: Alora Kar on 08/26/2015 at 12:45 PM
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