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2.- Production/Operations Management (POM) Courses
For Undergraduate and Graduate Students
3333 Production Planning and Control (3-0)
For Graduate Students Only
3508 Concepts of Production Management (3-0)
The production or operations function is concerned with the planning and
decision-making activities of managers directly responsible for the
conversion of resources into products and services. The operations manager
plans production, schedules work and controls inventories. This course is a
study of the issues underlying the management of operations, and introduces
the student to a variety of tools and techniques used by operations
managers exploring alternative means of implementing decisions.
Prerequisites: QMB 3201 and MATH 3201.
3510 Manufacturing Strategy (3-0)
This course is primarily intended for manufacturing and operations managers
and practitioners. Manufacturing strategy attempts to make explicit the
interrelationships between a firm's markets and its manufacturing
processes, control systems, and other functional areas. Without strategic
context, manufacturing has traditionally responded to changes with an ad
hoc set of solutions. The course covers such topics as: Product Profiling,
Choice and Positioning of Processes, manufacturing implications of
corporate marketing decisions, dimensions of competitiveness quality,
productivity, and raw Products and Processes, Planning and Implementing
Manufacturing Strategies, etc. Prerequisite: POM 3508 or instructor
approval.
3511 Purchasing and Materials Management (3-0)
This course addresses the issues related to the efficient and effective
management of supply and materials function. The course primarily focuses
on the management of materials and the control of materials costs in
businesses and institutional enterprises. It emphasizes purchasing as the
primary materials activity. At the same time, it explicitly integrates the
purchasing activity with all other materials activities. Some of the topics
include: The role, objectives, policies, operating procedures and
organization of purchasing and materials management; sources of supply,
pricing and cost analysis; make or buy decisions; standardization,
negotiation; legal, ethical, and international considerations; value
analysis/engineering; inventory and production planning, other related
topics. Prerequisites: POM 3508 and department approval.
3594 Current Issues in Production/Operations Management (3-0)
A course organized to investigate special topics and current issues in
production/operations management. May be repeated for credit when topic
varies. Prerequisite: Department approval.
3597 Professional Report in Production/Operations Management (3-0)
May be taken only once for credit. Continuous enrollment required while
work on the professional report continues. Prerequisite: Department
approval.
