Operations Management for Engineers

Course aim

The aim of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills in manufacturing management.

Course content

Introduction to operations management and the roles of the manager. Strategic guidance for operations, strategic planning, models of decision making process, decision environments including risk and uncertainty. The need for monetary control, introduction to financial accounting, the budgeting process, costing and investment appraisal. The concept of quality and total quality management. Planning for operations and capacity, business plan, production plan, aggregate planning, master production schedule. Managing independent demand inventory, inventory costs, deterministic and probabilistic inventory models. Managing dependent demand inventory, material requirements planning and capacity requirements. Just-in-time manufacturing.

Textbook(s)

Russell, RS and Taylor, BW 2011, Operations Management: creating value along the supply chain, 7th edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	3 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION - SINGAPORE (INTENSIVE)
Lecture	3 hours x 5 days
Tutorial	1 hour x 5 days
INTERNAL, WHYALLA (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	8 hrs x 5 days

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Examination, Group assignment, In Class Formative Assessment

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.