Operations and manufacturing management
Dr Nick Beaumont
6 points * 3 hours per week * Lectures * Visits to industry * Tutorials * Caulfield
Objectives On completion of this subject students should: understand the importance and role of manufacturing in Australia; be able to outline and explain the importance of the `five P's' of operations management; and be able to summarise modern developments in manufacturing.
Synopsis An outline of manufacturing in Australia; the 'five P's' of manufacturing management and modern developments in operations management. Topics receiving particular attention are plant layout and location, personnel management and safety, quality and reliability, product costing and variation, production scheduling, basic manufacturing technologies and inventory management.
Assessment One individual assignment: 30% * A group assignment (3000words): 20% * Examination (3 hours): 50% * Students must pass the examination
Prescribed texts
Gaither N Production and operations management 6th Edn, Dryden, 1994