Production and Operations Management
Description
Topics include the role of operations; the link between strategy and operations; productivity; decisions in the operations area; planning and control of inventory, projects and the transformation process including Total Quality management, Just-in-Time, kanban and ‘lean production’ systems. Students will understand the principles and practice of factors which influence the capacity to compete effectively in manufacturing and service operations
Subject Code
MGMT90047
Credit Points
12.5
Objectives
Please see Generic skills below
Generic skills students will develop
- Students who successfully complete Production and Operations Management should understand:
- The overall framework of operations management as part of organisational strategy
- How to plan capacity and facility usage
- The managerial issues involved in introducing new projects
- The different concepts of flexibility in service and manufacturing enterprises
- How to generate different manufacturing strategies
- The relationships between the manufacturing strategy of the enterprise and the competitive strategy for the business as a whole
- The role of quality in the operations process
- The implications for management of the differences between the various methods of organising manufacturing eg batch production, jobbing, continuous production and large project manufacturing
- The functions within operations management in service and manufacturing industries, eg supplier management, inventory control, design, production planning, workflow management and customer service
Pre-requisites and/or Co-requisites
Entry to the course
Mode of Delivery
1 intensive week
Contact Time
24 hours of lectures/seminars/workshops/individual supervision
Assessment
One-hour test (20%)
Assignments of not more than 1500 words (30%)
Field project investigation report of 3000 words (50%)
Subject Coordinator
Professor Danny Samson
Venue
The University of Melbourne
Parkville Campus
Dates
Monday 21 May - Friday 25 May 2012
Course Fee
$3,290 in 2012
Prescribed Textbook
Nil
Online Learning System
Nil
For further information contact
Kathy Griffiths
Program Manager
T: +61 3 9810 3174
F: +61 3 9810 3149
E: moe@mccp.unimelb.edu.au
Application Process
Applications are managed by Student Services.