Module BUSI55215: Operations and Supply Chain Management

Department: Management and Marketing

BUSI55215: Operations and Supply Chain Management

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• To provide students with an in-depth understanding at an advanced level of the complexities of managing operations and supply chains.
• To enable students to critically evaluate the principal processed which add value, in manufacturing, service sectors and supply chain.
• To strengthen students' understanding of improving and optimising operations in terms of different performance perspectives.

Content

• The nature and scope of operations strategy
• Design of products and services
• Process design
• Management of materials
• Planning and control
• Quality management
• The nature and scope of supply chain management
• Supply network design
• Supply chain emerging topics: technology, sustainability and resilience.

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module, students should:
• Be able to understand the challenges involved in identifying, acquiring and managing the various resources which are required in both manufacturing and service industries;
• Have developed specialised knowledge of the suitability of relevant analytical techniques needed to plan and manage operations and supply chains.
• Have a critical appreciation of the assumptions, implications and limitations of the theories, frameworks and tools, which can be used to manage operations and supply chains.
• Be able to develop sustainable, resilient and innovative operations and supply chain management strategies.

• By the end of the module, students should:
• Be able to develop operations and supply chain strategies considering the external environment, internal resources and capabilities and competitive priorities of the business.
• Be able to design processes and identify the opportunities to optimise processes.
• Be able to recognise the need/opportunity to use the tools and techniques needed to improve operations and supply chain processes.
• Be able to evaluate, measure, monitor and advise on improving operational performances of supply chains.
• Be able to adopt digital technologies to design and improve supply chain sustainability, resilience and cost-efficiency.

• By the end of the module, students should be able to demonstrate enhanced skills including: -
• Effective written communication.
• Oral presentation skills.
• Planning, organisation and time management skills.
• Problem solving and analysis.
• Data presentation and visualisation, interpreting and using data.

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

• The bulk of the module will consist of conventional class-room teaching. It will include lectures delivered by guest speaker practitioners, and the use of case studies, to emphasise real world applications and issues.
• The summative assignment will test students' knowledge and understanding of the subject-matter and their ability to apply it in a particular context.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Group presentation

■ Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.