Course Overview:

This course provides a foundation of the concepts, principles, and managerial issues of the operations function in manufacturing and service organizations. Emphasis is on the planning, scheduling, and controlling of operations, including the application of quantitative methods to the solution of strategic, tactical, and operational level problems. 

This is an online asynchronous course.

Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:

• demonstrate the knowledge of the concepts, processes, and institutions that are fundamental
• to an understanding of manufacturing and service operations within organizations;
• identify the key drivers and managerial levers of operational performance;
• apply quantitative methods to the solution of strategic, tactical and operational problems

Topics:

Topics covered in this course include:

(1) introduction to operations management

(2) project management

(3) managing quality

(4) process and capacity management

(5) location strategies

(6) supply chain management

(7) inventory management

(8) forecasting and aggregate planning

Instructor(s):

Dr. Aldis Jakubovskis

Management Department

Trulaske College of Business

Length:

16-weeks

Department: 

Management

Credit:

4.5

Audience:

Adult learners

Accommodations

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