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Production and Operations Management Syllabus

This document provides information about the Production and Operations Management course being offered in Spring 2021. It outlines the instructor, course description, objectives, textbook, supplementary materials, course outline, grading scheme, and academic honesty policy. The course investigates concepts underlying manufacturing and service operations design and improvement. Students will be exposed to different operations and their strategic importance, with an emphasis on comparing manufacturing and service sectors. Basic production management tools will also be introduced to help with forecasting, planning, inventory, queueing, and project management problems.

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Production and Operations Management Syllabus

This document provides information about the Production and Operations Management course being offered in Spring 2021. It outlines the instructor, course description, objectives, textbook, supplementary materials, course outline, grading scheme, and academic honesty policy. The course investigates concepts underlying manufacturing and service operations design and improvement. Students will be exposed to different operations and their strategic importance, with an emphasis on comparing manufacturing and service sectors. Basic production management tools will also be introduced to help with forecasting, planning, inventory, queueing, and project management problems.

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Production and Operations Management

Spring 2021

Instructor: Assist. Prof. Masoud Shahmanzari


Email: [email protected]
Office hours: By appointment (online meetings through Teams, Zoom, BBL)

Course Description: This course investigates the basic concepts underlying the design, planning
and improvement of manufacturing and service firms. Topics include strategy, forecasting,
aggregate planning, distribution planning, inventory management, queueing, and project
management.
Course Objective: In this course, students are exposed to different operations seen in organizations,
and their importance at the strategic level. Special emphasis is given to manufacturing vs. service
operations; planning and decision making issues. Students will be able to identify the differences
in manufacturing and service sectors, as well as competitive weapons in each sector. They could
design, modify or simplify operations at any level of the organization in order to achieve efficiency.
Basic tools used at the operational level production management decisions are introduced to the
students. These tools are used to solve forecasting, distribution planning, inventory management,
queueing problems, and project management. Students are expected to use computer in some of the
assignments. Students will realize the importance of Location and Layout design decisions, as well
as project management in order to be successful in the market.
Textbook: Collier and Evans 2017. Operations and Supply Chain Management, 6th Cengage.
(available bookstore, online text)
Supplementary Texts:

 Heizer, J, and B. Render, Operations Management, 12 Ed., Pearson Education, 2016.


(ISBN:0-13-607366-2)
 Russel and Taylor, Operations and Supply Chain Management, 8thEdition Wiley.
(available bookstore)
 Stevenson W. L., Operations Management, 9th Ed., McGraw Hill, 2007.
 Chase and Jacobs, Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core, 3rd Edition
(available bookstore)
 Krajewski L. J., Ritzman L. P., Operations Management, 7th Ed., Pearson, 2007.

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Course Outline:
Week Topic Activities
1 Course introduction Article Discussion
2 What is Production and Operations Management? Article Discussion
3 Operations and Productivity Article Discussion
Case study Videos
4 Managing Quality Article Discussion
5 Value Chain and Performance of Operations Article Discussion
Excel Exercise
6 Operations Strategy and Technology Article Discussion
7 Product/Services Design Article Discussion
Case study Videos
8 Process Design Article Discussion
9 Forecasting and Aggregate Planning Article Discussion
Excel Exercise
10 Capacity Planning and Queueing Article Discussion
11 Inventory Management, Quality and SPC Article Discussion
12 Supply Chain Management & Logistics Article Discussion
Case study Videos
13 Project Management Article Discussion
14 Presentation

Grading: The tentative grading scheme is: Article reports 30%, Participation 20%, Presentation
20% and Final project 30%.
Academic honesty Policy: Academic dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. It is expected
that students will collaborate to some extent in order to study for exams and complete assignments;
however, only original work will be accepted for grades. Plagiarism or duplication of assigned
work will result in an immediate F for that assignment and also disciplinary committee will be
informed about the case.

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