ISQS 3344 Intro to Operations Management

 Spring 2006 Lab Syllabus (Section 1)

Dr. Zhangxi Lin

Office: BA 7086, 742-1926

E-Mail:  zhangxi.lin@ttu.edu

Office Hours:  2-4p TR or by Appt.

        

Lecture Objective 

 

The lecture (lab) portion of ISQS 3344 is designed to give students an opportunity to experience operations management in situations that will mirror real life operational challenges. Students will take a product idea and develop it from facility location planning for the product delivery to addressing the challenges faced in everyday operations management. Students will also learn to utilize quantitative operations management tools in a group setting in order to help build OM skills. The discussion portion of the course will give students the building blocks necessary to research and present their product organizational management plans. 

 

Lecture Outline

 

The lecture will consist of the following:

 

v     Initially lecture classes will be broken up into teams of 3 people for group work

v     Three groups will present (15-20 minutes) one of two phases of the “birth and development from an operations management perspective” of their product during each lecture session set aside for presentations. One group will be assigned to critique the presentation and will be graded on the critique.

v     In addition, groups will be required to turn in a “project” paper detailing the material to be presented (see class calendar)

v     Each group will make two presentations which will cover the following areas:

Ř      Overall Plan (operations strategy, core competencies, mission statement, product design, process selection), and product demand forecasting

Ř      Capacity planning and location analysis, Just-In-Time system implementation, facility layout, work system design 

v     Grading for the course will consist of the following:

                       300    Three 100 point exams (3rd exam on Finals Day-noncomprehensive)

                       100    Three Homework assignments (33 points each)

                       150    Two group presentations in the Lab class (75 points each)

                       150    Two group projects in the Lab class (75 points each)

Lab                  40     Grade assigned to each group member by fellow members

                        60     Attendance grade for Lab phase (attendance is mandatory)

                        800   Total Possible Course Points

 

Each non-excused absence will result in a loss of 20 points up to a total of 60 out of the 800 points originally available (loss of all attendance points will lower the student one letter grade). Leaving the lecture early without permission is automatically an unexcused absence.

Syllabus Changes

The instructor reserves the right to adjust the syllabus.