Oct 03, 2024  
2023-2024 WWCC College Catalog 
    
2023-2024 WWCC College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

BUS 410 - Operations Management and Logistics


Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
This course explores the concepts related to the management of labor, materials, knowledge, equipment, goods and services. Students will understand and apply the concepts of Total Quality Management (TQM), Just In Time (JIT), forecasting, inventory theory and supply chain management. This course will focus on business start-up issues and the expansion of our global marketplace.
Course Outcomes:
  • Explain the various transactions that accompany the movement of goods and services throughout the globe.
  • Analyze business scenarios, including operations related to purchasing, inventory, management, manufacturing, distribution and related functions.
  • Identify current issues affecting operational decisions in product and service related industries.
  • Explore political and cultural issues affecting movement of products in a global marketplace.
  • Design a project plan for a start-up organization that integrates TQM, JIT forecasting, inventory theory and supply chain management concepts.
Course Topics:
  1. Goods, Services & Operations Management
  2. Value Chains
  3. Forecasting and Demand Planning
  4. Operations Strategy
  5. Technology and Operations Management
  6. Goods and Service Design
  7. Process Selection, Design, and Analysis
  8. Facility and Work Design
  9. Capacity Management
  10. Supply Chain Design
  11. Managing Inventories
  12. Quality Management
  13. Quality Control and Statistical Process Control
  14. Resource Management
  15. Lean Operating Systems
  16. Operations Scheduling and Sequencing