Academic Calendar 2015/2016 - Operations Management

ADMN 3046  Operations Management

Prerequisites:

ADMN 2606 and either ADMN 1607 or ADMN 2616; or ADMN 1606

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

The nature and problems of production management are analysed. Students are introduced to the organization and administration of manufacturing activities and the formal organizational structure of factories. The fundamentals of the production process: the continuity of manufacturing process, the production cycle, time and capacity utilization, plant layout, organizational and economic aspects of the technical preparation of production: product design, manufacturing methods; time standards; production planning and control. Administration of service activities, inventory control, quality control, preventive maintenance, production budget, cost and investment analysis.