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GMS 401

Operations Management

Production and operations management are activities that relate to the creation of goods and services through the transformation of inputs into outputs. Topics include: What is production and operations management; productivity, competitiveness and strategy; quality management; product and service design; process selection; design of work systems; learning curves; inventory management: MRP, JIT; maintenance and reliability; project management: P.E.R.T. and C.P.M. (Student groups are required to visit a manufacturing or service facility, produce a report, and do a formal presentation to the class covering the course topics investigated during the tour.) (Formerly MGT 401)
Weekly Contact: Lecture: 3 hrs.
GPA Weight: 1.00
Course Count: 1.00
Billing Units: 1

Prerequisites

(GMS 200 or MGT 200 or MGT 121) and (QMS 102 or QMS 110 or QMS 130 or QMS 204 or ITM 107)

Co-Requisites

None

Antirequisites

None

Custom Requisites

None

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