MGF9650

International operations management

Not offered in 1999

Dr Nick Beaumont

6 points · One 3-hour class per week · Second semester · Caulfield, in-house

Objectives On completion of this subject students will be able to outline the elements of the manufacturing and services processes and the differences between them; outline the importance of operations to Australia with particular emphasis on elaborately transformed products; formulate an operations strategy and relate it to corporate strategy; understand the problems of scheduling production with a particular emphasis on just-in-time and MRP techniques; understand the methods of scheduling service capacity; understand the potential of advanced manufacturing techniques; the problems inherent in implementing new manufacturing technology and ways of evaluating new production technology; understand the international aspects of production such as technology transfer and the economics of shifting production to low cost countries; understand the information flows inherent in manufacturing operations and the impact of information technology, and understand the implications of communication technology especially its capacity to provide some services (eg financial services) without a local presence.

Synopsis The subject international operations management evaluates the complete organisational operating system from a management perspective. This subject is designed to provide students with the knowledge necessary to formulate a complete operations strategy including concepts such as 'benchmarking', TQM, JIT and MRP techniques.

Assessment Written (3000 words): 30% · Group written (3000 words) and oral presentation: 30% · Examination (2 hours): 40%

Prescribed texts

Flaherty Therese M Global operations management McGraw-Hill, 1995

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