MGT 560
Seminar in Operations
Management
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Business Processes
Sales Order
Mngt.
Aggregate
Planning
Master
Scheduling
Production Activity
Control
Quality
Control
Distribution
Mngt.
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Business Processes
Sales Order
Mngt.
Aggregate
Planning
Master
Scheduling
OM Tools
Production Activity
Control
Quality
Control
Distribution
Mngt.
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Supply Chain Management
Supplier
Our Company
Customer
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Enterprise Resource Planning
ERP
SAP
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Hi-Ho Yo-Yo, Inc.
Case Background Material
6 Case Studies
Individual Analysis
Group Analysis
Informal Presentation
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Additional Topics
As many as time permits
Topics selected by students
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Class Format for
All Topics
Discussion of text material
Informal presentation by students of
material from articles.
Service OM aspect of topic
At least:
1 research article
1 practitioner article
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Operations Management
Types of Articles
Basic Research
Applied Research
Practitioner
News
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Basic Research
Examples of Sources
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Review
Decision Sciences
Journal of Operations Management
Production & Operations Management Jour.
Journal of Management
Journal of Business Strategy
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Applied Research
Examples of Sources
Academy of Management Executive
Health Care Management Review
Operations Management Review
Int’l. Journal of Management & Systems
Production & Inventory Management Jour.
Quality Management Journal
Quality Progress
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Practitioner Articles
Examples of Sources
Managing Automation
Modern Materials Handling
Process Engineering
Quality
Quality Digest
Iron Age
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News Articles
Examples of Sources
Business Week
Forbes
Time
Wall Street Journal
Houston Chronicle
Money
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Final Examination
Comprehensive
Part Essay
Closed Book
Part Case Study
Open Book
“Open” Computer
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