This course syllabus outlines a Production and Operations Management course taken during the first semester of the 2013-2014 school year. The course will introduce students to key operations management concepts over 15 weeks, including production systems, manufacturing processes, quality control, inventory management, and planning and scheduling. Students will learn to apply these operations principles across manufacturing and service industries. By the end of the course, students are expected to have a foundational understanding of how operations impact organizations and be able to apply theories competitively. Evaluation will include recitation, quizzes, assignments, reports, exams, and projects.

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COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE TITLE : PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL YEAR : 1ST
SEMESTER, SY 2013-2014
DEPARTMENT : BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
COLLEGE : COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
COURSE DESCRIPTION : Production shows up images of factories, machines and assembly lines.
Production concepts and techniques are applied to a wide range of
Activities and situations outside manufacturing that is in services,
Such as health care, food service, recreation, banking etc. Operations
Management reflects the diverse nature of activities to which its con-
concepts and techniques are applied.
COURSE OBJECTIVE : At the end of this course the student is expected to:
1. Have a better understanding of the basic foundation of an
an organization and its overall impact to the operation of a
manufacturing firm.
2. Familiarize themselves in all aspect of Operations & Production
Management and eventually apply every theories that they have
learned and to be competitive in the actual battlefield.
COURSE CONTENT
WEEK 1 & 2 : INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
A. Definition of Operations Management
B. Why study Operations Management
C. Functions within Business Organization
D. Designing and Operating Production systems
E. Differentiating features of Production Systems
F. Production of Goods vs. Service operations
G. Operations Manager and the management process
WEEK 3 NATURE OF PRODUCTION
A. Production System
B. Manufacturing process
WEEK 4 PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
A. The corporation
B. Business Objectives
C. Definition of Production Management
D. Responsibilities of the Production Manager
E. The Organization

2. WEEK 5 PRODUCT PLANNING
A. Management of Research & Development
B. Initiation of new products
C. Importance of Pre-planning
D. Product Standardization
E. Patents
WEEK 6 PLANNING THE PRODUCTION PROCESS
A. Production Process
B. Machines & Tools
C. Process Planning
D. Make or buy
WEEK 7 PLANT LOCATION
A. Proper plant location
B. The sequences of choices
C. Cities vs. Suburbs
D. Labor & Manpower
E. Imperatives of Relocation
WEEK 8 PLANT LAYOUT AND MATERIALS HANDLING
A. Basic Patterns
B. The Layout chart
C. Materials Handling
WEEK 9 & 10 PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL
A. Production control department
B. Planning and Control of production orders
C. Routing/Loading
D. Scheduling
E. Dispatching and Follow up
F. Corrective action
WEEK 11 QUALITY STANDARD CONTROL
A. Quality control & reliability
B. Inspection procedures
C. Sampling
WEEK 12 & 13 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
A. Forecasting for Inventories
B. Functions of Inventory

3. C. Categories of inventory
D. Inventory performance measures
E. Inventory handling and control
F. Inventory cost
WEEK 14 & 15 PRE-LIMS, MID-TERMS & FINAL EXAMS
COURSE REFERENCES Stevenson, Operations Management Tenth Edition, Mc Graw Hill
Havaldar, Cavale Distribution Management, Mc. Graw Hill, International
Edition. Production Management
COURSE REQUIREMENTS Recitation
Quizzes
Assignment
Reports
Long Exams
Projects