Students deal with the problems and opportunities faced by businesses engaged in international operations. Senior standing is required . A study of production planning and control systems, this course stresses aggregate planning, master production scheduling, and materials requirements planning. Students analyze the role of forecasting in planning and the traditional approach to inventory management. This course also includes the topic of scheduling in job shops both in manufacturing and services.
Senior standing is required.
This course is designed to enhance management knowledge and skills in the design, implementation, and control of operations activities. Through the use of the case method, computer applications and research assignments, students are exposed to contemporary operations management concepts including service operations, high value added processes, quality management, and materials management systems. In this seminar students learn to identify and understand the trends in the sociological, technological, and managerial environments that management will face in the late 1990's and early Twenty-First century. Students also learn to develop philosophies and styles in order to deal with such trends. Senior standing is required.