Operations Management
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Operations Management |
Instance: 2007/2008 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
English
Objectives
The aim of this course is to provide the students an integrated vision of the most important concepts, techniques and strategies of the Production/Operations Management. By completing the course, one expects that the students acquire a global vision of the concepts, problems and available tools, enabling them to take better decisions in the scope of the field of study.
Program
Introduction to the field of study: Operations Strategy and Competitive Dimensions: Cost, Quality, Time and Flexibility (and its Trade-Offs).
Process Analysis.
Facility Layout (including assembly-line balancing).
Strategic Capacity Management.
Just-in-Time, with special reference the techniques of setup-time reduction (SMED)
Introduction to the ERP concept (Entreprise Resource Planning Systems).
Aggregate Sales and Operations Planning
Inventory Control: Deterministic and Dynamic models (including SilverMeal heuristic and the Algorithm of Wagner-Whitin).
MRP-Material Requirements Planing.
Operations Scheduling: Priority Rules;. Gantt.Charts;.
Linear programming and Optimization for Production Management.
Synchronous Manufacturing and Theory of Constraints (Goldratt).
Applied Production Workshop (computer simulation game).
Mandatory literature
Chase, Richard B.;
Operations management for competitive advantage. ISBN: 0-07-121555-7
Complementary Bibliography
Hopp, Wallace J.;
Factory physics. ISBN: 0-07-116378-6
Teaching methods and learning activities
The concepts and techniques will be supported through practical exercises, cases and resolution of problems in “facility” simulator. Computers, "datashow" and a lot of white board are used as teaching support. Report writing and presentation techniques of results are requested. Team work is promoted.
Software
Simulador de problemas de Gestão da produção.
Microsoft EXCEL.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
Weight (%) |
End date |
Subject Classes |
Participação presencial |
56,00 |
|
|
1st Tes |
Exame |
2,00 |
|
2007-11-16 |
2nd Test |
Exame |
2,00 |
|
2007-12-21 |
1st Case |
Trabalho escrito |
6,00 |
|
2007-09-21 |
Production Workshop |
Teste |
16,00 |
|
2007-10-26 |
Homework |
Teste |
20,00 |
|
|
2nd Case |
Trabalho escrito |
38,00 |
|
2007-12-31 |
|
Total: |
- |
0,00 |
|
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
End date |
Research on Internet |
Estudo autónomo |
6 |
|
Home study |
Estudo autónomo |
16 |
|
|
Total: |
22,00 |
|
Eligibility for exams
Not to exceed nº limit of absences.
Calculation formula of final grade
i)Cases: 20%.
ii)Tests: 60%
iii)Workshop: 20%
Minimum note in each Test: 6. average > 9 values in 20.
To validate a grade >=18, you must take an oral questioning