P304 - Honors Operations Management http://jacobs.indiana.edu/p304/
Section No: 5026, 9:30-10:45 Monday and Wednesday, BU203
Professor F. Robert Jacobs
Office hours: By appointment via e-mail. BU670F
Course overview, objectives, class preparation, participation criteria, and grading.
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| Date | Topic | Assignment | What should they do? Vote Here | Slides Internet Resources |
| Operations Strategy | ||||
| Mon Aug 31(c) | Course Introduction Operations Management Operations Processes |
Read: Chapt. 1 | M&M Mars - plant tour | |
| Wed Sept 2(t) | Operations Strategy and Competitiveness | Prepare: Wyatt Earp Case
Read: Chapt. 2 |
Vote | |
| Mon Sept 7 | Customer Focused Operations | Prepare: Great Nuclear Fizzle | Vote | Slides |
| Wed Sept 9(c) | Strategic Capacity Planning The Great Manufacturing Crapshoot! (in-class) |
Read: Chapt. 7 The Great Manufacturing Crapshoot Case Spreadsheet Simulation (Simulation, Supl. 17) |
Decison Tree Software | |
| Mon Sept 14(c) | Strategic Capacity Planning - Case | Prepare: Shouldice (p. 288) | Vote | Shouldice Hospital |
| Process Analysis and Design | ||||
| Wed Sept 16 | Process Reengineering Process Design Exercise (in-class) |
Read: Chapt. 19
Read: Deborah Phelps of Showtime (p. 784) |
No vote today! | Showtime OnLine |
| Mon Sept 21(t) | Product Design and Process Selection - Services | Read: Chapt. 5 Prepare: Kinko's Copier Stores (p. 164) |
Vote | Kinko's |
| Wed Sept 23(c) | Product Design Exercise (in-class) | Designing Paper Clips! | ||
| Mon Sept 28(c) | Product Design and Process Selection - Manufacturing | Read: Chapt. 4 Prepare: Speed Gears, Inc. (A&B) |
Vote | Slides |
| Wed Sept 30(c) | Waiting Line Models | Read: Supl. 5 Assignment: Apply Waiting Line Model to Speed Gears Case |
Slides | |
| Oct 5 | Quiz 1 | Slides | ||
| Wed Oct 7 | SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Evan Bayh, former governor of the State of Indiana will be our special guest for this class. (regular class time 9:30-10:45) | Question for Governor Bayh | ||
| Quality Management | ||||
| Mon Oct 12 | Total Quality Management | Read: Chapt. 6 Prepare: Hank Kolb, Director Quality Assurance (p. 229) |
Vote | Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award |
| Wed Oct 14 | Statistical Quality Control In-class SPC exercise |
Read: Chapt 6S
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Slides | |
| Managing the Supply Chain | ||||
| Mon Oct 19(c) | Just-In-Time Production Systems HP JIT Tape |
Read: Chapt. 8 |
Hewlett Packard | |
| Wed Oct 21(t) | Inventory Systems for Independent Demand | Read: Chapt. 15 | ||
| Mon Oct 26(c) | Inventory Systems for Independent Demand (continued) | Prepare: Finish Line, Inc. | Vote | |
| Wed Oct 28 | Inventory Systems for Dependent Demand: MRP-Type Systems Brunswick Motors, Inc. (in-class exercise) |
Read: Chapt. 16 Problems 1,2,3 (p. 660) |
Solution to Problems (Microsoft Word file) | |
| Mon Nov 2(c) | Finish MRP SAP R/3 (BU419) |
Prepare a spreadsheet and find the optimal solution to the
Brunswick Motors, Inc. case. (write-up and spreadsheet due) Read: Suppl. 16 |
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| Wed Nov 4(c) | Quiz 2 | Quiz 2 - Notes | ||
| Project Management | ||||
| Mon Nov 9 | Project Planning and Control | Read: Chapt. 3 | ||
| Wed Nov 11(c) | Project Managmeent Software (BU419) | Vote | 100 Rules from NASA | |
| Mon Nov 16 | Project Management (Course Evaluations) |
D&A Corvette Case (write-up and printout due) | ||
| Wed Nov 18 | Case Presentation | Brown Forman Distrillers | ||
| Nov 23-27 | Thanksgiving Recess | |||
| Integrative Case | ||||
| Mon Nov 30 | Integrative Case Exercise | |||
| Fri Dec 4 | Pizza Party (tentative) | |||
| Nov. 30- Dec. 10 | Group Case Work | |||
| Thurs Dec 10 | Group Case Presentations (1-7pm BU732) | Presentation and dicussion 45 minutes total. Plan on a 30 minute presentation. | Black & White Overheads Deliverables: Executive Summary (4-6 pages) plus Overheads |
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