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Operations management
Titulaire(s) du cours
Evelyne VANPOUCKE (Coordonnateur)Crédits ECTS
5
Langue(s) d'enseignement
anglais
Contenu du cours
Operations management is a vital topic that every business student needs to understand as it is at the heart of the creation of wealth for businesses, value for customers, and the improvement in the living standard of citizens of all countries. Operations managers are responsible for the production of services and products in an ethical and environmentally responsible way while being responsive to the market. Add to it the need to manage supply chains of materials, information and funds reaching to all areas of the world. While challenging, there are concepts, tools, and method that managers use to deal with operating problems in a global environment. The mission of this course is to provide you with a comprehensive set of concepts, tools and models for addressing decision-making in operations management.
Topics: Operations/supply chain strategy, Quality management, Project management, Lean management, Process management, Lay-out of facilities, Supply chain uncertainty, MRP, inventory management, forecasting, S&OP and Scheduling.
Objectifs (et/ou acquis d'apprentissages spécifiques)
Use decision tools, based on statistics, to implement operations management tools and decision-making at operational, tactical and strategic level.
Pré-requis et Co-requis
Connaissances et compétences pré-requises ou co-requises
Statistics and basic mathematics
Méthodes d'enseignement et activités d'apprentissages
- Lectures in the auditorium
- Exercise sessions
- Group work
Références, bibliographie et lectures recommandées
Slides, readings and other course information can be found on UV.
Support(s) de cours
- Université virtuelle
- Syllabus
Contribution au profil d'enseignement
- LO1.1 Integrate sustainable development into problem analysis.
- LO1.2 Master and apply key economic and managerial concepts, frameworks and theories in a professional context.
- LO1.3 Embed scientific and technologic processes to formulate a business issue into a well-defined problem and suggest solutions
- LO1.4 Translate a strategy into an actional plan including the financials
- LO2.1 Adapt a scientific approach to data management (analysis and providing solutions)
- LO2.1 Display critical thinking
- LO3 Apply quantitative and qualitative techniques to support analysis
Autres renseignements
Contacts
Lecturer: Evelyne Vanpoucke (evelyne.vanpoucke@ulb.be)
Teaching assistant: Gabriele Mauro (gabriele.mauro@ulb.be)
Campus
Solbosch
Evaluation
Méthode(s) d'évaluation
- Examen écrit
- Travail de groupe
- Rapport écrit
Examen écrit
- Question fermée à Choix Multiple (QCM)
- Question ouverte à réponse courte
Travail de groupe
Rapport écrit
Rapport écrit
Evaluation will be based on three parts:
1) Assignments during the year
2) Written exam
3) Participation
Construction de la note (en ce compris, la pondération des notes partielles)
Evaluation ill be based on three parts:
1) Assignments during the year (30%)
2) Written exam (70%)
3) Participation (possibility to earn a bonus point)
The grading of the course will be based on a final examination (70%) and group work (30%). Also class participation is valued and will be incorporated via a bonus point, on top of the final grade. Students need to obtain a 10/20 on the exam to succeed, as well as a 10/20 on the combined grade (group work + exam). During the exam, there will also be a question on the group work. The exam is a closed-book exam. For the re-sit, each part of the grade that is ≧ 10/20 should not be redone (class participation can not be 'redone' in the resit).
Langue(s) d'évaluation
- anglais