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MS 3405 - Advanced Operations Management

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course describes the value of and an approach to develop a manufacturing operations strategy. Also addressed is the need to align manufacturing with overall organizational strategic plans and objectives. Manufacturing’s early involvement in the planning process is critical. Typically manufacturing’s active involvement takes place late in the planning cycle. This course will address why the late involvement exists and the need for early involvement. Late involvement often leads to a flawed strategy and/or strategies difficult for manufacturing to successfully support. A factor in the flawed approach is often due to manufacturing’s excessive attention to day-to-day issues. The day-to-day necessity may also be symptomatic of a flawed manufacturing process. Late involvement provides little time to assess and acknowledge current system flaws. Building a strategy from a flawed system or process is a potentially devastating situation. (prereq: MS 340 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
• Understand the strategic importance of the production and operations management functions; identify and analyze the corporate issues in order to formulate a functional strategy in line with desired market needs; and, assess manufacturing system capability for both the current and desired state
• Understand how to develop a manufacturing strategy
• Understand the steps in choosing a manufacturing process
• Understand how to go about alignment of market needs to manufacturing capability
• Understand supply chain decisions regarding out-sourcing versus internal supply
• Understand the steps in developing a capable manufacturing infrastructure - manufacturing systems and processes. Development of systems and controls that provide accurate and timely indication to take action. Development of the resources necessary to realign manufacturing processes
• Development of systems and controls that provide accurate and timely indication to take action
• Development of the resources necessary to realign manufacturing processes.
• Understand the impact of accounting and financial practices on manufacturing.
Prerequisites by Topic
• None
Course Topics
• Importance of Manufacturing Strategy - International Comparisons
• Developing a Manufacturing Strategy - Principles and Concepts Order - Winners and Qualifiers Developing a Manufacturing Strategy/Methodology Process Choice Product Profiling
• Core Competency - Principles and Concepts
• Focused Manufacturing - Principles and Concepts
• Lean Manufacturing - Principles and Concepts
• Make or Buy, and Managing the Supply Chain
• Manufacturing Infrastructure Development Six-Sigma - Principles and Concepts
• Acconting, Finance and Manufacturing Strategy
Coordinator
Joseph Papp


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