Operations Management
 
OPSM 6005 Service and Production Operations Management I 3-0-3
Prerequisite: MGNT 4151 or equivalent
A survey of service and production management. Topics include productivity, forecasting, competitiveness, operations strategy, product and service design, process design selection, capacity planning, facility layout, design of work systems, and location planning.
 
OPSM 6006 Service and Production Operations Management II 3-0-3
Prerequisites: MGNT 4151 or equivalent, OPSM 6005
This course is a continuation of OPSM 6005. Topics include aggregate planning, inventory management, quality assurance, materials requirement planning, shop floor management, scheduling, performance measurement, Just-in-Time, synchronous operations, and global enterprise operations.
 
OPSM 6025 Purchasing Management 3-0-3
Prerequisites: MGNT 3145 or equivalent, MGNT 4151 or equivalent
Study of the activities, responsibilities, relationships and system involved in the purchase of materials, services and capital equipment. Topics include identifying requirements; evaluating and selecting "best value" vendors; techniques for planning and executing the purchasing function, including fundamentals of negotiating, ethical and legal aspects of purchasing; interactions with the engineering, quality, manufacturing, materials management, transportation and legal functions and with suppliers; and international aspects of purchasing. Purchasing responsibility for quality, delivery, inventory, price and contribution to profit are also covered.