General operations management
R L Martin
7 points * One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week * First semester * Clayton
This subject provides a general introduction to operations management in both manufacturing and service industries. Topics covered include sales order management, trading, purchasing and distribution management; manufacturing management including manufacture resource and materials requirements planning; project management; operations and capacity planning in service industries; equipment and facilities management; technological methods including use of computer-based information systems in an operations management context; the relationship between operations strategy and business strategy.
Assessment
Written: 50% * Examination (2 hours): 50%
Prescribed texts
Dilworth J B Production and operations management: Manufacturing and services 5th edn, McGraw-Hill, 1993
Hastings N A J Manufacturing management systems Dept Business Systems, Monash U, 1994