Module BUSI50E15: MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Department: Business School (Business)

BUSI50E15: MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Tied To

• N1KE12: Business and Management (HBOS) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2010-2011 for details)
• N2KE12: Business and Management (Consortium) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2010-2011 for details)
• N2KF12: Business and Management (Vertex) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2010-2011 for details)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To provide students with the opportunity to study key topics in manufacturing operations management at an advanced level.

Content

• Linking business and operations strategy; business variables and their impact on operations; variety, value and quality: design and quality audit; organising the organisation: structures and decisions.
• Inventory management; recourse management; operational planning; review of scheduling and loading techniques; characteristics of manufacturing and service systems.
• Review of manufacturing and control systems: MRP, JIT, OPT: Optimised Production Technology: 'theory of constraints'; decision making; standard crisis and deep decisions; steps in the decision making process; rational approaches to decision making; identification of cases and symptoms; resolution, involvement, acceptance, equality.
• Operational change; new product and service development; project management quality management; process control, product control; quality costs; quality circles; continuous improvement; quality standards.

Learning Outcomes

• Have a critical understanding of the concepts and theories underpinning manufacturing operations;
• Have a critical appreciation of the relationship between business and operations strategy.

• Be able to analyse the role of the operations manager in the service environment;
• Be able to examine and evaluate the use of a variety of operations management tools and techniques.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The learning outcomes will be met through a combination of lectures, seminars, facilitated discussion sessions and guided reading. Extensive use will be made of case studies and business simulations. All sessions have a high participation element, and an emphasis on action-learning.
• Assessment of this module is by summative assignment, designed to: test the acquisition and articulation of knowledge; test conceptual understanding and skills of application and interpretation within the business context.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Feedback on group and individual activities undertaken during contact hours. Feedback on learning set reflections and action points related to this module.