Operations Management

Code:

L.EGI030

Acronym:

GO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Operations Management

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Industrial Engineering and Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L.EGI	124	Syllabus	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The aim of this course is to provide the students an integrated vision of important concepts, techniques and strategies of the Production Management. One expects that the students acquire a global vision of the concepts, problems and available tools, enabling them to take better decisions. The students are expected to better analyze production situations, recognizing “trade-offs” between Cost, Quality, Time and Flexibility in devising solutions for competitive systems.

Learning outcomes and competences

Understand the importance of Operations Management to obtain competitive advantages; Know methods to deal with problems faced to manage the production organization.

Students will better understand the connections between Product and Process design, taking in account the production volume and the economic implications of the decisions made at the start of the project.

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

Part 1 - Introductory Concepts:
Introduction to the field of study: Operations Strategy and Competitive Dimensions: Cost, Quality, Time and Flexibility.
Job Design (WorkMeasurement).
Process Analysis.
Facility Layout (including assembly-line balancing).
Production Cells.
TPS (Toyota Production System), with special reference to the techniques of setup-time reduction (SMED) and VSM.
A3 Methodology from Toyota.

Part 2 - Integrated Planning:
Synchronous Manufacturing and Theory of Constraints (Goldratt).
Operations Strategy (Customer Order Decoupling Point).

Part 3 - Hierarchical Planning:
Aggregate Sales and Operations Planning.
Master Production Schedule;
MRP.MRP II ;
Production Lot sizing.
Operations Scheduling; Priority Rules.

Mandatory literature

F. Robert Jacobs; Operations and supply chain management. ISBN: 978-0-07-122090-3

Complementary Bibliography

Wallace J. Hopp; Factory physics. ISBN: 0-07-116378-6

Teaching methods and learning activities

The theoretical concepts and techniques will be transmitted using presentations during the lectures, promoting some debate and discussion of issues related to the scope of the course.
The practical application of knowledge will be promoted through exercises, case studies and problem solving in computer simulators. Computers, "data show" and whiteboard are used as supporting tools for learning.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	106,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Not to exceed nº limit of absences.

Calculation formula of final grade

2 Tests (1st test covering Parts 1 and 2 of the program =60% of the grade; 2nd test covering Part 3 of the program= 40% of the grade).

Minimum grade in each Test: 6,0 ; Average Weighted Tests >= 9,5 values.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

A final exam (100%).

Classification improvement

Can be obtained only once:

1) in the same academic year, in the appeal exam (100%), globally evaluating the subject (there is no permanence of the tests' grade and you cannot take only one part of the evaluation)

2) in the following school year (if you haven't used your opportunity to improve your grade yet)

(a) by taking the 2 intermediate tests (60% + 40%)

OR

(b) through a global final exam, in the resource exams calendar proposed by FEUP (100%)