COURSE SYLLABUS - FALL 2018
Classroom |
Class Time | |
Section 06 |
DSB 108 |
TF 11:00 - 12:15 p.m. |
PREREQUISITE: | Sophomore Standing and One Statistics Course |
REQUIRED TEXT: | Operations & Supply Management (15th Edition), by Jacobs and Chase: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2017 |
Note: Some of the cases in the textbook will become part of the class assignments. Additional sources will be used and distributed in class.
This course provides the primary exposure to service and manufacturing operations within the business core curriculum. Topics include process modeling, quality management and control, decision analysis, capacity planning, supply chain management, and project planning and control. Special attention is given to showing how concepts and models presented in lectures and readings apply to real-word business situations. Examples of international operations are studied, and ethical issues are explored within the context of decisions such as where to locate facilities.
The objectives of this course are:
1. To obtain factual knowledge, such
as terminology, classifications, methods, and trends
Date |
Content Topics |
Readings |
Assignment |
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9/04 T |
Introduction |
Ch.1 | ||
9/07 F |
Strategy | Ch.2 | ||
9/11 T |
Design of Products and
Services |
Ch.3 |
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9/14 F |
Problem Solving and Quiz #1 |
HW #1 |
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9/18 T |
Strategic Capacity Management | Ch.5 | ||
9/21 F |
Manufacturing Processes | Ch.7 | ||
9/25 T |
Service Processes | Ch.9 |
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9/28 F |
Process Design and Analysis |
Ch.11 | |
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10/02 T |
Problem Solving and Quiz #2 |
HW #2 | ||
10/05 F |
Six-Sigma Quality |
Ch.12 |
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10/09 T |
No Class - Fall Break |
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10/12 F |
Project Management | Ch.4 | |
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10/16 T |
Project Management (cont.) | |
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10/19 F |
Lean Supply Chains | Ch.14 | ||
10/23 T |
Problem Solving and Quiz #3 |
HW #3 | ||
10/26 F |
Logistic, Distribution,
& Transportation |
Ch.15 |
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10/30 T |
Global Sourcing & Procurement | Ch.16 | ||
11/02 F |
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) | Ch.17 | |
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11/06 T |
Excel Practice Session (at home) |
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11/09 F |
Forecasting | Ch.18 | ||
11/13 T |
Forecasting (cont.) | |||
11/16 F |
Problem Solving and Quiz #4 |
|
HW #4 | |
11/20 T |
Sales & Operations
Planning (online) |
Ch.19 | |
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11/23 F |
No Class - Thanksgiving
Break |
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11/27 T |
Inventory Management | Ch.20 | ||
11/30 F |
Operations Consulting |
Ch.25 |
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12/04 T |
Problem Solving and Quiz #5 |
HW #5 | ||
12/07 F |
Review for Final Exam |
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12/13 R |
Final Exam 8:00 am |
The final grade will
be calculated as follows:
Class Participation ............................ 10%
Homework ....................................... 30%
Quizzes ........................................ 30%
Final Exam ..................................... 30%
TOTAL 100%
Quizzes:
Quizzes are scheduled
throughout the semester. Each quiz will relate primarily
to the material covered in the previous homework, lectures, and cases.
Calculators are permitted during the quizzes. Make-up quizzes will be
given only in case of valid, documented excuses provided within
one week of the
missed quiz.
Homework:
Homework
assignments will be due on the dates indicated on the attached course
schedule.
They
are to be handed in for partial fulfillments of the course
requirements.
Solutions to homework will be posted online after the due date.
Students are required to use EXCEL for some of the
homework problems in order to enhance their EXCEL skills.
Class
Participation:
Cases
are part of the assignments of the course, just like homework. They
will be
presented and discussed in class on the following week they are
assigned.
Students are encouraged to read each case and participate in class
discussions.
In
addition to cases, many course topics will lend themselves to class
participation. Students are encouraged to come to each class prepared
to
participate.
Participation
during homework review will also be factored into students' class
participation
grades.
Final
Exam:
The
final exam will be comprehensive, containing problems from all parts of
the
course. The format of the final exam will be discussed later.
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC HONESTY
POLICY: In the event of
such
dishonesty, professors are to award a grade of zero for the project,
paper or examination in question, and may record an F for the course
itself. When appropriate, expulsion may be recommended. A notation of
the event is made in the student’s file in the academic dean’s office.
The student will receive a copy.
In all academic work, students are expected to submit materials that
are their own. Examples of dishonest are listed in this
link.