BUS 310 - Principles of Operations Management

5 CR

Students will learn how organizations acquire, maintain, or optimize their competitive advantage through operations. The course will include operations and technology processes by which the inputs of labor, capital, knowledge, entrepreneurship, business processes, information, and technology are used to create the most competitive products and services. This course prepares students to focus on managerial actions and analysis to attain organizational goals and objectives through improved operations.

Prerequisite(s): Admission into the Business Management and Technology, BAS and BUS& 101 or BUS 300, and BATECH 268, all with the C or better, or permission of the instructor.

Course Outcomes

Articulate and communicate in an effective way what operations management is and how it contributes to an organization’s success.

Compare, contrast, and evaluate the elements of what competitiveness is based upon, how productivity is impacted by operations, and strategies to implement to improve competitiveness.

Understand the role of operations management in the overall business strategy of the organization
Appraise and defend alternatives and decisions dealing with the management of inventory, supply chain, production, human resources, labor and job design, quality management, location, Just in Time (JIT) and lean operations, scheduling, project management, and MRP (Material Requirements Planning) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning).
Evaluate strategies to achieve competitive advantage.
Construct analytical tools for operations managers including decision-making tools such as master scheduling, transportation modeling, waiting line models, Pareto optimization, linear programming, and learning curves.
Apply Excel functions as tools in the analysis and evaluation of solutions for operations management decisions.

Synthesize learning in operations management via simulations or case analysis.

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