OPS/350 - Operations Management
Course Description
This course provides an overview of operations management. Students will analyze the planning, organizing, controlling, and general management of productive resources in manufacturing and service organizations. This course also addresses the design and control of systems that are responsible for the efficient use of raw materials, labor, equipment, and facilities in the production of customer satisfying products and services. Topics include quality management, process design, capacity management, materials management, and project management.
This undergraduate course is 5 weeks.
PLEASE NOTE:
Attendance and participation are mandatory in all university courses, and specific requirements may differ by course. If attendance requirements are not met, a student may be removed from the course. Please review the Course Attendance Policy in the Catalog for more information.
Course Objectives
Managing Processes
- Describe the operations function from a systems perspective, and state its importance to organizations.
- Define an operations strategy, and explain its importance in maintaining a competitive advantage within a global economy.
Inventory Optimization
- List various transformation process forms.
- Explain how a transformation process, including its physical layout and capacity, can impact the overall strategy of a manufacturing or service business.
- Describe the use of quality management techniques in business, and apply quality control tools.
Operations Planning and Scheduling
- Evaluate potential inventory policies for a business, and choose an appropriate inventory policy, business strategy, and key characteristics.
- Explain the concepts of just-in-time and lean production.
Project Management
- Explain the concept of a supply chain, and evaluate competing supply chain strategies for businesses.
- Describe major aggregate planning and scheduling methods, and show their impact on the success of a firm.
Quality Management
- Apply simple forecasting methods.
- Manage a project using PERT/CPM techniques.
Prerequisites
NoneDisclaimers
The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. More information about eligibility requirements, policies, and procedures can be found in the catalog.
Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.