Operations Management

Code:

1GE303

Acronym:

GO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Business Administration

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LGES	198	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	3	-	6	63	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

The main objective of the course is to provide the students with a sound understanding of the concepts, techniques, and applications of production and operations management.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course the students will be able to:

• Plan and manage projects;
• Plan and scheduling production operations;
• Plan capacities and identify critical resources;
• Manage inventories and materials;
• Understand the main concepts of quality management and use basic statistical process control tools.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction to operations management


2. Project planning and management


3. Aggregate planning


4. Materials Requirement Planning


5. Inventory management


6. Scheduling and operations control


7. Operations excellence - lean thinking and quality management

Mandatory literature

Nigel Slack, Alistair Brandon-Jones, Robert Johnston; Operations Management, Pearson, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-292-09867-8
F. Robert Jacobs & Richard B. Chase; Operations and Supply Chain Management, McGrawHill Education, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-259-66610-0

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lessons are a mix of lectures and tutorials, oriented to a particular topic/tool.

Software

MSExcel

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Teste	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	99,00
Frequência das aulas	63,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Three evaluation schemes are possible:

1 - Assessment by final exam (closed book exam);

2 - Distributed assessment without final exam with two tests (50% + 50%);

3 - Distributed assessment without final exam with class assignments (20%) and two tests (40% + 40%).

 

COMMENTS:

a) Only students enrolled in classes will have access to the distributed assessment regimes without final exam.

 b) Students are bound to one of two types of assessment distributed without final exam if they take the 2nd test.

 c) The first test will be held mid-semester and the second on the exam date of the "época normal" season.

 d) Assignments in class: are to be performed by groups formed in the class to which their members are enrolled; failure to perform a class assignment results in the classification of 0 (zero) ​​for this assignment, but does not prevent the completion of the following assignments.

 e) At the 2nd test, students who have done class assignments may choose to switch to the distributed assessment modality without a final exam with two tests.

 f) In distributed evaluation schemes, a minimum grade of 6 (not rounded) is required in each test and, if applicable, in the average of the class assignments.

Calculation formula of final grade

Grades estimation:

i) Distributed evaluation: weighted average of the grades obtained in each evaluation component;

ii) Final exam: the grade of this evaluation moment.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to FEP's General Evaluation Regulation.

Classification improvement

According to FEP's General Evaluation Regulation, only by final exam.