Course Code: MGMT420
Synopsis
An intensive study of management of production and operations in all organizations, both service-oriented and product-oriented, will be conducted. Scheduling, inventory control procurement, quality control and safety are investigated. Particular attention is given to applications of aviation oriented activities.
Level: 4
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: Every semester
Topics
- The Operations Function
- Forecasting Demand
- Facility Locations
- Facility Layout
- Technology Management
- Job Design, Methods Analysis, and Work Measurement
- Production and Capacity Planning
- Materials and Inventory Management
- Scheduling and Controlling Operations
- Project Management
- Quality Management
Learning Outcome
- Discuss the role of production and production/operations management in organizations, the major contributors to the body of knowledge, and the productivity challenge facing U.S. businesses today.
- Describe and demonstrate the various decision making techniques used by operations managers and solve relevant problems.
- Appraise these factors and processes involved in production/operations system design: product strategy, process and capacity strategy, forecasting, facility location, facility layout, job design, methods analysis, work measurement, and procurement.
- Describe the nature and techniques of aggregate planning.
- Explain operating and controlling the production/operations system through inventory management, materials requirement planning, scheduling, and project management and apply appropriate techniques for execution.
- Discuss the importance of quality and quality assurance to organizations, and employ the methods and techniques for controlling quality.
- Assess the operational factors concerned with the maintenance and reliability of organizational assets.
- Analyze a topic or issue of significance to some aspect of aviation or aerospace industrial management (Production/Operations Management). The results and conclusions of the analysis will be reported in a 10 page typed paper, and delivered in a ten minute oral briefing to the class.