Operations Management

Code:

EIG0029

Acronym:

GP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Operations Management

Instance: 2006/2007 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Industrial Management and Engineering Section
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Engineering and Industrial Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LGEI	1	Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	4	6	6	56	160
MIEIG	55	Plano de estudos de transiçao para 2006/07	4	-	6	56	160
			5
		Syllabus since 2006/2007	4	-	6	56	160
MIEM	0	Syllabus since 2006/2007	5	-	6	56	160

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

Microsoft EXCEL.
Simulador de problemas de Gestão da produção.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	56,00
	Total:	-	0,00

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.