Operations Management
People
Dietl H. M.
Course director
Description
Course objectives
This course teaches advanced methods of Operations Management for future executives. The main objective is to show how companies gain and sustain competitive advantages over their rivals through effective and efficient Operations Management. Operations management is the area of management, which is concerned with designing and controlling the production of goods or services. Based on a company’s competitive and business strategy, operation managers develop and control the process of transforming inputs (e.g. raw materials, labor, information, energy) into outputs (good and services) to create value.
Contents
This course focuses on the following key areas of operations management: operations strategy, process analysis, quality management, project management, waiting line management, inventory management and yield management.
Structure
The course uses lectures, online-simulations problem sets and case study analysis to teach advanced methods of operations management.
Grading
Grades are based on the result of a final exam
Textbooks, Case Studies & Simulation
Chase, R. B. & Jacobs, F. R. (2018). Operations & Supply Chain Management, 15th edition, McGraw-Hill.
Fitzsimmons, J. A., Fitzsimmons, M. J., & Bordoloi, S. (2018) Service Management, Operations, Strategy, and Information Technology. 9th edition, McGraw HillOperations Strategy at Galanz
American Connector Company
Operations Management Simulation: Process Analytics
CreativeCalligraphyInvitations.com: A Production Process Analysis Exercise
Body Scans and Bottlenecks: Optimizing Hospital CT Process Flow
Education
- Master of Science in Economics in Management, Core course, Fundamental knowledges, 1st year
- Master of Science in Management and Informatics, Core course, Lecture, 1st year