COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISL 3035 PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HILMI YÜKSEL

Offered to

Management Information Systems
Business Administration
Business Administration

Course Objective

To explain the basic concepts of production/operations management and the evaluation of tools and methods used for managing the processes that converts inputs to products and services in the most effective way, with the lowest costs and the highest quality level.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To recognize the basic concepts of production/operations management.
2   To analyze the production and service systems and the strategies implemented in these systems.
3   To interpret the management decisions in the production/operations function.
4   To recognize both the qualitative and quantitative methods and tools used in management of production and service processes.
5   To solve the problems encountered in production processes.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concept of production/operations, the concept of production/operations management, the historical developments of production/operations management, the recent developments in production/operations management, the differences between production systems and service systems and the strategies applied to these systems, production/operations strategy and competitiveness.
2 Classification of production systems, product / service design, product design process.
3 Break-even analysis.
4 The concepts of productivity management, rate of productivity, efficiency, affordability, rentability, efficacy and productivity calculations in service businesses.
5 Workplace layout, workplace layout types, workplace layout according to process, workplace layout according to product, fixed positioned workplace layout, cellular workplace layout.
6 Trial and error approach in workplace layout according to process, determination of machine layout set-up with assignment problems.
7 Assembly line balancing.
8 Midterm exam.
9 Midterm exam.
10 Selection of place of incorporation, the factors affecting the place of incorporation, place of incorporation problem types, weighted scoring method, the center of gravity method.
11 Transport model, the north-west corner method, WAM method, to test the goodness with Modi method.
12 Process analysis, method study, work measurement, time measurement.
13 Ergonomics
14 Supply chain management, the overall structure of supply chain, components of supply chain management, supplier selection, distribution resource planning.

Recomended or Required Reading

Hilmi Yüksel, Üretim/Işlemler Yönetimi: Temel Kavramlar, Nobel Yayınları, Ankara, 2009
Heizer, J. ve Render, B. Operations Management, 6th edition. Pearson Education., 2001
Chase B., Nichalos, J. Aquilano ve Jacobs, R. Operations Management for Competitive Advantage, 10th edition. McGraw Hill., 2004

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Interactive lecturing, case studies.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hilmi.yuksel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Determined according to the course schedule every semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 86

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15
LO.255
LO.35
LO.45
LO.5555

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