OM EM-16

OM EM-16
1yr MBA-Executive 2016-17 T-II

Dr. Manimay Ghosh/OM – 1 year Executive MBA/2016 Page 1

Operations Management

Credits	3.0
Faculty Name	Manimay Ghosh, mghosh@ximb.ac.in, 6647737
Program	1 year MBA (Executive Post Graduate Degree), FT
Academic Year and Term	2016-2017, Term 2

1. Course Objective: The scope of OM ranges from strategic to tactical and operational levels. Representative strategic issues include determining the capacity, location, and layout of manufacturing plants. Tactical issues include aggregate planning. Operational issues include , inventory management, quality control, MRP, and Lean Manufacturing.
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; and
· Implement quality management concepts at every level for superior quality products and services.

3. Required Text Book and Reading Material:
Operations Management, Heizer and Render, 11th Ed, Pearson, 2015

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*

1,2,3
Forecasting Chap 4

4,5
Capacity Planning Supplement 7

6
Plant Location Chap 8

7,8
Plant Layout Chap 9

9,10,11
Inventory Management Chap 12

12,13
Aggregate Planning Chap 13

14,15
MRP Chap 14

16,17
Quality Management Chap 6, Suppl 6

18
Lean Manufacturing Chap 16

19,20
Group Presentation

5. Evaluation:
1. Quiz 1 (Individual) : 15 %
2. Quiz 2 (Individual) : 15 %
3. Class attendance/participation : 10 %
4. Assignment (group) : 20 %
5. 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 level of academic integrity.

7. Assignment: Each group (4 members per group) has to critique, present the article from an academic journal (published between 2010-15), and submit a report. The article selected can be 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. On the cover page, you must mention the title of the article, author’s name, journal name, year of publication, volume no, issue no. and page no and each individual’s name with roll nos.

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Session No.	Topics	Pre-reading*
1,2,3	Forecasting	Chap 4
4,5	Capacity Planning	Supplement 7
6	Plant Location	Chap 8
7,8	Plant Layout	Chap 9
9,10,11	Inventory Management	Chap 12
12,13	Aggregate Planning	Chap 13
14,15	MRP	Chap 14
16,17	Quality Management	Chap 6, Suppl 6
18	Lean Manufacturing	Chap 16
19,20	Group Presentation