29:623:311:10 Production and Operations Management
(Spring 2008)
Instructor: Yao Zhao Office: Ackerson Hall 3rd floor, Rm. 300i
Email: yaozhao@andromeda.rutgers.edu Tel: 973-353-5017
Office Hours: By appointment
TA:
Adam Fleischhacker
Office: Ackerson 3rd floor
Email: adam_fleischhacker@yahoo.com
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:30-3:30pm
Lecture: Wednesdays
5:30 – 8:20 PM
HIL-107
Prerequisite: Management Information Systems (29:623:220),
Statistical Methods (62:220:231) or equivalent.
Texts: Jay Heizer & Barry Render, Production and Operations Management, 9th edition,
published by Prentice Hall. (ISBN 013185755X)
Course Website: https://blackboard.newark.rutgers.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp
(please check Blackboard at least twice a week)
Course Description and Goals:
This course is intended to provide the students greater understanding of the problems and
analysis related to the design, planning, control and improvement of manufacturing and
service operations. We develop managerial insights and tools for forecasting, controlling
production and inventory, product design, project management, supply chain management
and service operations management through quantitative techniques. We illustrate these
concepts by combining theory, examples and practical applications.
Grade: Class Attendance 10%, Homework 10%, Project 30%, Midterm 50% (25% each).
Attendance: Attendance is required. 10% of your total grades will depend on class
attendance. If you miss a total of 3 or more classes during the semester, you will have to
see the professor and explain the reason for missing classes. If sufficient reason is not
found, a FAIL grade would be given. Students must attend classes on time. The students
are responsible for any material covered during their absence. The students are expected
to read the material to be discussed in class before coming to the class.
Homework/Case Studies: Homework problems will be assigned every week on
Saturday. They are to be handed in on the next Saturday IN CLASS. There is NO
CREDIT for late homework. We will not grade the homework in detail since the answers
are in the back of the book or will be given on Blackboard. However, you will not receive
credit for problems where insufficient work is shown (For instance, if you finish two of
total four questions in a homework set, then you will receive half of the total points of the
homework set).
You are encouraged to work with your classmates, but you should write up your answers
alone. On your write-up, list the names of the students you worked with. No type-in is
required.
Project: Students are expected to form teams, with at most four members, to analyze a
project of the real-world, collect the data, perform analysis and make conclusions. The
grade for the project is based on (1) how interesting/realistic/useful the problem is, (2) the
group presentation, and (3) how you apply what we learned in this course. Every team
should work independently.
Exams: The exams will be closed-book, closed-notes. You may bring an 8.5x11-inch
(two-sided) “crib sheet” to the exams. You shall prepare the sheet by yourself and cannot
xerox others. It is very helpful if you can bring a calculator.
There will be two in-class midterms. The second midterm is NOT cumulative. Midterm
questions are similar to homework questions and there are NO multiple choice and
concept questions. We will go over homework solutions in a review session before each
midterm.
POM Course Weekly Schedule – Spring 2008
(This is a tentative schedule and is subject to change)
Week Dates
Material to be covered
rd
1
January 23
2
January 30th
3
February 6th
4
February 13th
5
February 20th
6
February 27th
7
March 5th
8
9
March 12th
March 26th
10
April 2nd
11
April 9th
12
April 16th
13
April 23rd
14
15
April 30th
May 7th
Class policy & An Introduction to Operations Management
Chapter 1
Forecasting Models, Chapter 4
Homework 1 assigned
Inventory Management I, Chapter 12
Homework 1 due, Homework 2 assigned
Inventory Management II, Chapter 12 & CRS Case
Homework 2 due, Homework 3 assigned (HW review 1)
Supply Chain Management I: Production Planning – Linear
Programming Modeling & Solution. Chapter 13 &
Module B
Homework 3 due, Homework 4 assigned
Supply Chain Management II: Logistics & Distribution
Mgmt. Chapters 8, 11 & Module C
Homework 4 due, Homework 5 assigned
Project proposal presentation
Midterm Review (HW review 2)
Homework 5 due
Midterm One
Supply Chain Management III: Procurement, Sourcing &
Supply Mgmt. Chapter 11
Project Management I, Chapter 3
Homework 6 assigned
Project Management II, Chapter 3
Homework 6 due, Homework 7 assigned
Decision Tree, Product Development/launch, Chapter 5 &
Module A
Homework 7 due, Homework 8 assigned
Service Operations & Simulation, Chapter 15
Midterm Review, Homework 8 due
Project Presentation
Midterm Two