rjMoodle, Syllabus, Notes & Resources

Week Date Assignment
1 May 18 (CR)*
May 20 (NV) *
(In class)
Course Overview and Pre-Course Assignment
Ch. 1 - Introduction to Operations Management (pages 1-34)
    Ch. 2 - Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivity (pages 38-60)
Ch. 3 - Forecasting (pages 69-108)
2 May 25 (CR)
May 27 (NV)
(In class)
Ch. 4 - Product & Service Design (pages 130-166)
    Ch. 5 - Capacity Planning (pages 184-208)
Exam1 - Chapters 1, 2, 3,and 4
3 June 1 Ch. 6 - Process Selection and Facilities Layout (pages 236-276)
Ch. 8 - Location Planning and Analysis (pages 368-390)
    Ch. 7 - Design of Work Systems & Learning Curves (pages 320-350)
4 June 8 (CR)
June 10 (NV)
(In class)
Ch. 9 - Quality (pages 404-448)
Ch. 10 - Quality Control (pages 456-486)
    Ch. 12 - Inventory Planning (pages 548-586)
Ch. 13 - Aggregate Planning (pages 610-636)
Ch. 14 - MRP/ERP (pages 646-676)
Ch. 15 - Just-in-time and Lean Systems (pages 692-721)
Exam2 - Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10
5 June 15 Ch. 16 - Scheduling (pages 734-761)
    Ch. 18 - Waiting Lines and Simulation (pages 828-858, no equations)
6 June 22 (CR)
June 24 (NV)
(In class)
Ch. 17 - Project Management (pages 774-810)
Projects (reports) are due. Project presentations.
Attendance is very important at our last face-to-face evening.
  June 24 Exam3 - Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18
All self-assessments and Exams due this week
     
    * CR = Cedar Rapids
* NV = New Venture (main campus)