2017-2018 Academic Catalog

Apr 18, 2024

2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

OM 4600 - Operations and Supply Chain Management

This 1 unit course is required of students who enrolled in their first semester of M.B.A. courses in the fall 2011 semester forward. Operations management involves the efficient use of resources to create goods or services that satisfy the needs of customers and clients. In both the profit and nonprofit sectors, successful management requires economically rational decisions regarding the design and operation of processes that transform such resources into goods or services. The course develops students’ abilities to identify and structure operating problems and to identify appropriate techniques for resolving them. Examples of topics covered include: operations strategy, process analysis, basic forecasting methods, location selection, capacity management and utilization, inventory management, quality management/assurance, project and supply chain management.

Please note: Course previously offered as OM 4600 Operations Management. Students who took the course under that designation should not register for this, as it is the same course.

Prerequisites: MIS 4500 , STAT 4300 .

Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall and Spring semesters