MSc Operations
Management & Logistics
Specifieke voorlichting voor studenten BSc
Technische Bedrijfskunde TU/e
Prof dr ir Jan Fransoo, Program Director
What does an OML graduate do?
Denk aan……
Van een lege Kuip naar een
kolkende massa. Vijftigduizend
mannen, vrouwen en kinderen.
Zoveel mensen wonen er ook
in Woerden. Zo’n
volksverhuizing voor en na de
wedstrijd is een uitgelezen klus
voor de logistieke specialisten
van Nederland.
In een van de dichtstbevolkte
landen van de wereld is slim
organiseren tot een kunst
verheven. Begonnen uit
noodzaak profiteren we nu van
een internationale
voorsprong.
Dat maakt Nederland de beste
plek om het vak te leren. Hier
kun je echt groeien, tot ver
over de grenzen. Want
logistieke specialisten zijn net
zo gewild als Nederlandse
voetbaltrainers
Domain
• Operations Management & Logistics deals with the
modeling, analysis and management of operational
business processes, i.e. processes that are essential
in delivering a product or service to a customer
• Manufacturing
− Production control and production management
• Services
− Workflow modeling and workflow management
− Health care operations management
• Logistics
− Supply chain management, inventory management
− Transportation optimization
Key strengths of the OML program
1. Excellent set of professors who are recognized
worldwide – both in academia and industry – as
thought leaders in their field
2. Extremely close relationship between mentor and
student over an extended period of time
3. Both in-depth theory and industry-applied design
ability development
4. Graduates are in extremely high demand by the
best companies
5. Competitive and cooperative environment
Structure of the program
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Core courses: 30 credits
Restricted electives: not more than 30 credits
Free electives: at least 20 credits
Master Thesis preparation: 10 credits
Master Thesis: 30 credits
Structure of the program
• Core courses: 30 credits
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Performance Enhancement (5)
Integrated Finance and Operations Management (5)
Philosophy of Science (5)
Advanced Statistics (5)
One out of two:
Business Process Management (5)
ICT Architectures of Enterprise Information Systems (5)
One out of two:
Modeling & Analysis of Manufacturing Systems (5)
Supply Chain Operations Planning (5)
Restricted electives: not more than 30 credits
Free electives: at least 20 credits
Master Thesis preparation: 10 credits
Master Thesis: 30 credits
Structure of the program
• Core courses: 30 credits
• Restricted electives: not more than 30 credits
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To be approved by mentor
Related to domain of the mentor
Related to the topic of the thesis
Based on courses taken in international semester
• Free electives: at least 20 credits
• Master Thesis preparation: 10 credits
• Master Thesis: 30 credits
Structure of the program
• Core courses: 30 credits
• Restricted electives: not more than 30 credits
• Free electives: at least 20 credits
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OML electives
IM electives
Other TU/e electives
Other universities in the Netherlands
International semester (include also 5 credits of
restricted electives)
• Master Thesis preparation: 10 credits
• Master Thesis: 30 credits
Structure of the program
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Core courses: 30 credits
Restricted electives: not more than 30 credits
Free electives: at least 20 credits
Master Thesis preparation: 10 credits
• Literature study (5)
• Research proposal (5)
• Master Thesis: 30 credits
Structure of the program
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Core courses: 30 credits
Restricted electives: not more than 30 credits
Free electives: at least 20 credits
Master Thesis preparation: 10 credits
Master Thesis: 30 credits
• More than 90% of the projects are conducted in
industry
• Need to align with student’s and mentor’s research
interest
Examples of Master thesis projects
• All Master Theses of OML can be found online
• Some examples of recent theses
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Steering life cycle costs in the early design phase (Vanderlande)
Process improvement in healthcare : a data-based method using a combination of process
mining and visual analytics (MagnaView)
Managing supply chain growth at Ahold Inbound Logistics
Human resource management practices in geographically dispersed organisations (IKEA
and Heineken)
The development of a balanced and transparent pricing policy for third party logistics
services (SKF Logistics)
Performance analysis and improvement at the Acute Admissions Unit of Maxima Medical
Centre
The utilization of a multi-depot regarded to a single-depot transport and distribution
planning in a complex and dynamic environment (Nabuurs)
Integrated product and supply chain design at Philips Healthcare
Planning and control of a petrochemical supply chain under stochastic supply (SABIC)
Action products at Jan Linders Supermarkets : a research to the current performance of
and the possible improvements for the inventory management of action products
Health care track OML
• Focus on:
• Optimization of business processes in healthcare
• 1BM70 Healthcare business networks is additional core
course
• Thesis conducted in health care business / problem
• More information: dr Monique Jansen Vullers, Pav. A46
Faculty
(teachers)
Career
preparation
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Facilities
Contact
Information
Study Load
Exams &
Grading
Skills
Contents
What do our students think?
International and diverse environment
• Annual intake 60-80 students (80% in Fall semester)
• 25% international
• 20% from other programs than TU/e BSc IE&MS
• Exchange students (total at school incoming 40-50
per semester)
• Faculty (mentors): 20% international
• …. and of course we stimulate you to spend a
semester abroad
International semester
• More than half of the students go abroad
• Important to line up with mentor
• Many European options
• Scandinavia, France, Germany, Spain, Turkey, etc.
• Asia
• China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore
• Oceania
• Australia
• Americas
• Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina
Double degree programs
• Grenoble INP
• 2 semesters @ TU/e, 3 semesters in Grenoble
• Need to know French language
• 3 diplomas: TU/e MSc, INP Master de Recherche, INP
Diplome d’ingenieur
• Logistics/SCM and Product design
• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• 2 semesters @ TU/e, 3 semesters in Daegu, Korea
• Program in English
• Workflow management is key area at KAIST
Double degree program: UvT
• Operational Finance
• 5 semesters: 3.5 semesters at TU/e; 1.5 semesters at
Tilburg University
• Can only be combined with specific mentors in
OPAC group
• Tilburg Master: Finance with focus on quantitative
courses
• Train engineers that can work with finance
techniques in an operations environment
• Risk management
• Real options
• Working capital structure
Admission to double degrees (all): start
only possible per september
• Limited number of places
• Grenoble INP: 4
• KAIST: 4
• UvT: 6-10
• Selection by OML admission committee
• Excellence (GPA)
• Motivation & commitment (Statement of purpose)
• Submit to s.h.zaaijer@tue.nl by May 15, 2011.
• Decision not later than June 15, 2011
More information on OML
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Visit our website: www.operationsmanagement.nl
All courses on owinfo.tue.nl
All master theses in TU/e catalogue
OML mentors
Note: this presentation will be posted on IEIS student
pages:
• http://onderwijs.ieis.tue.nl/en/ie/oml
De plannen zijn de hele wereld
overgegaan. Voor de kust van
Dubai verrijst nieuw land.
Eilanden in de vorm van een
palmboom en zelfs de
wereldkaart.
Een uitgelezen klus voor de
logistieke specialisten van
Nederland. Hier in de Lage
Landen weten we alles van
land in zee. En schipperend
met de ruimte hebben we slim
organiseren tot een kunst
verheven.
Begonnen uit noodzaak
profiteren we nu van een
internationale voorsprong. Dat
maakt Nederland de beste plek
om het vak te leren. Hier kun je
echt groeien, tot ver over de
grenzen. En soms maak je
zelfs nieuwe landsgrenzen.
Student experience
Martijn van Aspert
First year OML MSc Student
Introduction
• Martijn van Aspert (22)
• Previous Education:
• VWO (Atheneum)
• BSc in Industrial Engineering at TU/e
• In between
• Educational Officer at Industria
• Current Education:
• MSc in Operations Management & Logistics at TU/e
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My choice for OML
• Why continue studying?
• Industry is asking for beta students
• MSc often required for management positions
• Why OML?
• Broad interest in logistics and logistics related fields
− Reliability and maintenance
− Production Planning
− Transportation
• Challenging courses
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My program
Semester 4
Master’s Thesis
Semester 3
International Term
Semester 2
Core courses, Free Electives and
Restricted Electives
Semester 1
Core courses, Free Electives and Restricted Electives
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Thesis
preparation
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Semester 1
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Business Process Management
Design of Operations Planning and Control Systems
Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems
Performance Enhancement
Philosophy of Management Science
Strategic and Operational Decision Making in
Transportation and Logistics
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Semester 2, 3 & 4
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Supply Chain Operations Planning
Service Supply Chain for Capital Goods
Research Design Methodology
Integrated Financial & Operations Management
Service Engineering and Marketing
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• Semester 3: International Term
• Semester 4: Master’s Thesis
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OML
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One week of OML
• 6 courses per semester
• 8 – 10 hours lecture
• 20 – 30 hours working on assignments
− Every two weeks a deadline
• 10 – 20 hours homework
• And of course
• Extracurricular activities
• Sports
• Social drinks
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Thus my OML
• Production systems
• Analysis
• Optimization
• Reliability and Maintenance
• Applying mathematics
• By making them applicable for a certain situation
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Some tips and tricks
• Keep on track
• Find a good balance between study and other
activities
• Enjoy the program and customize it until it fits you
best.
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Questions?
• For more information:
• http://www.operationsmanagement.nl/
• info-msc@tue.nl
• m.a.j.m.v.aspert@student.tue.nl
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Honors tracks in the masters
OML and IM
A challenge to excel
What is an honors track?
• A number of special courses,
• with a total load of 30 ECTS,
• offered to a selection of master students,
• to test and develop capabilities for design or
research.
Honors track in design
Offered by design mentors:
Prof. Dr. Ton de Kok,
Prof. Dr. Ir. Geert-Jan van Houtum,
Prof. Dr. Ir. Jan Fransoo,
Prof. Dr. Tom van Woensel,
Prof. Dr. Paul Grefen,
Dr. Ir. Hajo Reijers,
Prof. Dr. Fred Langerak,
Prof. Dr. Arjan van Weele,
Honors track in design
• Consists of design assignments,
in which knowledge from master courses,
is used for solving real-life problems in industry.
• Design assignments:
- Include company visits
- Include company presentations.
- Grading based on: value for company, innovativeness
Honors track in design
Involved companies include:
• ASML,
• Océ,
• Philips Healthcare,
• Nike,
• Bausch&Lomb,
• Proctor and Gamble
• Kuehne+Nagel
• Floraholland
Honors track in design: Advantages
• Development of extra design skills
• Priority for positions within the designer’s program
Logistics Management Systems, after the completion
of the master (position guaranteed when you have
good results during the master!)
• LMS program can be done in 1-1.5 years instead of 2
years
• LMS program leads to PDEng title, professional
doctorate in design.
Honors track in research
• Offered by the Director of the Graduate Program
Industrial Engineering, Prof. Dr. G.J. van Houtum
• Starts per September 1, 2012
Honors track in research
• Consists of:
• Two mini-research projects to discover two different reseach
fields, in 1st year (10 ects per project)
• PhD courses, in 2nd year (10 ects in total)
• Master thesis project:
• Is preceded by the writing of a PhD research proposal
(instead of literature study and formulation thesis
assignment)
• Proposal can be used to compete for grants (at e.g. NWO)
• Master thesis is on first part of the PhD research proposal
• Additional PhD courses can be followed in 2nd year
of master, as part of the electives
Honors track in research: Advantages
• Development of extra research skills
• Ideal preparation for continuation as PhD student
after completion of the master program
• Equivalent to research (Mphil) masters, as seen at
Tilburg University and Erasmus University
• Priority for positions within the PhD program of
Industrial Engineering
• PhD program can be done in 3 instead of 4 years