MGMT 316 - Operations Management for Manufacturing

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 55
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Explore and apply the concepts, principles, and practices of Operations Management to manufacturing organizations. Examine how goods will be produced, where production will take place, and how manufacturing facilities are laid out. Review how managers utilize data, schedule production activities, and monitor inventory. Explore how managers ensure that production meets specifications and quality standards; and consider the importance of continual improvement, operational effectiveness, and environmentally sustainable practices.

Prerequisite: BASAMD Department Chair permission.
Strongly Recommended:
Special Requirements:

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Identify established and emerging elements of Operations Management by reviewing various industry resources related to both technical and managerial topics.
Solve technical problems related to production quantity and quality by analyzing scheduling and inventory data and using principles of algebra.
Identify the relationships between the operations management team and the engineering team, from the perspective of a manufacturing technologist, within an organization by analyzing the impact of enterprise-level decisions on production quality.
Analyze how Operations Management can ethically address environmentally sustainable practices and manufacturing safety concerns while improving operational effectiveness by using industry standard tools such as root cause analysis.

Course Contents

Introduction to Operations Management.
Production planning and facility design.
Data utilization in operations management.
Quality control.
Inventory management.
Scheduling and sequencing.
Continuous improvement.
Operational effectiveness.
Environmentally sustainable practices.

Instructional Units: 5