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OPIM 204 Schedule

Tentative Schedule (subject to change)

Update: As promised, I have posted the questions and answers of quiz 3 and quiz 4.

Date	Quizzes	Topic	Chapter	Assignments	Slides, Other Material
23-Jan		Introduction to OM	Ch. 1	Solved Problems (SP)	Sl, Ex
28-Jan		Operations Strategy	Ch. 2	SP of Module A	Sl
30-Jan		Decision Analysis	Module A	A.16, A.19	Ex
04-Feb	Quiz 1	Forecasting	Ch. 4	SP	Sl
06-Feb		“	“		Quiz
11-Feb		Capacity Planning Supp.	Ch. 7	SP of Ch 7. Supp. & Ch. 7	Sl, Ex
13-Feb	Class Cancelled due to weather
18-Feb		Facilities Layout	Ch. 9	SP	Sl
20-Feb	Quiz 2	Location Strategies	Ch. 8
25-Feb		Review
27-Feb		First Exam		Theory QuestionsExtra Problems
03-Mar		Project Management	Ch. 3	SP, 3.6	Sl
05-Mar		Project Management	Ch. 3
17-Mar		Normal Distribution,		How to find probability?	How to find a point?
19-Mar		No Class
24-Mar		Statistical Process Control	S.6	S1, S4, S5
26-Mar	Quiz 3	Supply Chain	Ch. 11		Quiz 3
31-Mar		Simulation	Module F	SP	No, F13
02-Apr	Quiz 4	JIT & Maintenance/Reliability	Ch. 16 &17	Ex3, SP17.2	Quiz 4
07-Apr		Linear Programming	Module B
09-Apr		Second Exam		Theory Questions
14-Apr		Linear Programming	Module B		Module B
16-Apr		Transportation Models	Module C		Module C
21-Apr	Quiz 5	Aggregate Planning	Ch. 13	Quiz 5	Module C
23-Apr		Inventory Management	Ch. 12	Regression; Regression 2	Regression 3
28-Apr		“	“	Inventory Management	Coefficient Interpretation
30-Apr	Quiz 6	Waiting Line Models	Module D		Quiz 6
05-May		Review

10-May

Final Exam

Room 204

1-3 PM

Regression

Disclaimer: – I reserve the right to modify the course schedule at any time during the course.

Operations Management- OPIM 204 Spring 2008

Office Hours: 10AM – 6PM on any day (exception if I am out of town)

Office: BUSN 407

Email: rohit.aggarwal@business.uconn.edu

Phone: 860-486-6485 (shared line)

Description: Operations Management (OM) can be viewed as the central functional component of any business organization, governing the transformation of resources or inputs (materials, machines, labor, and capital) into outputs (products and services). The focus of OM is to produce high quality output at low cost, while interacting with the other functional components of the business organization (marketing, financing, and human resources) to achieve company goals.

With the advent of the Internet, e-commerce, and global-sourcing, it is becoming more and more difficult for a company to maintain a competitive-advantage based on location, access to local resources, and retailing services. Modern businesses must instead base their ability to compete and generate profit on the systematic management of resources, and on their ability to produce quality output more efficiently than competitors. In recent years this pursuit has developed into a science, and a host of quantitative tools and sophisticated software packages are available to the savvy operations manager.

Objectives:

• To understand the fundamental OM concepts and quantitative tools required for the efficient production of goods and services
• To understand the usage of OM software for business decision-making, including the accurate interpretation of quantitative business models and software output

Required text: J. Heizer and B. Render. Operations Management. Prentice-Hall, eighth edition.

Computer requirements: A laptop is required for every class meeting. You will need to install the Excel OM Software.

Grading:

There will be two exams and a non-cumulative final exam.

Homework problems will be assigned and discussed in class but will not be graded. It is however, strongly recommended that each student complete each homework in preparation for the quizzes, which will be graded. These quizzes will be based directly on recent homework assignments and will usually be announced in advance.

Here is the breakdown of how grades will be evaluated:

• First examination: 25%
• Second examination: 25%
• Final examination: 25%
• Quizzes: 25%