SCM 375 - Applied Models Operations MGMT

Credits: 4

The objective of this course is to introduce students to the skills and concepts needed in various areas of operations management to make good managerial decisions. Unlike the required OPM311 course, the course will place heavy emphasis on understanding and applying management science models to address operations management problems. It will expose students to a variety of analytical tools used for quantitative decision making using Excel. Some topics that will be covered in this course include process management, service management, and supply chain management. As a supplement to lectures, supporting software to analyze queueing and inventory systems will also be discussed. This course may address some topics that are covered in OPM311 but focuses more on using quantitative tools to solve operations management problems. After completing the course, students should be able to characterize and identify the operational issues within a firm and propose/evaluate possible solutions quantitatively using models that they develop in Excel. Course Pre-requisites: Students must have taken or currently taking OPM 311 course