TPPE35 Operations Management Projects
Aim of the course
After the course, you should
Lecture 1 Introduction
Organisation and schedule
The course consists of a project work for groups of 2-4 students.
The project area is selected in collaboration with the course
teachers.
• have an understanding of project work in operations
management
• have a deeper understanding of the specialisation area.
y out projects
p j
in the area of operations
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• be able to carry
management
• be able to find relevant literature for a particular project
area
• be able to write a scientific report.
Topic 1. Robust planning and risk mitigation
i supply
in
l chains
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 Short product life cycle
 Increasing
g customer demand
 Global supply chains and outsourcing
 Lean production and lean supply chains
 Use of internet and information systems
Topic
p 2. Sustainable supply
pp y chain management
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Topic
p 2. Sustainable supply
pp y chain management
g
Sustainability
y = preventing
p
g global
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warming
g?
Sustainability = preventing climate change ?
“Sustainability
y is the development
p
that meets the needs of
the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.”
“II drove to the garden centre for a tree to offset my carbon footprint…
footprint
so now I’ve got to go back for another one…”
Topic
p 3. OEM-Remanufacturing
g
Last production batch
Topic
p 4. Planningg and control service operations
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Maximum warranty
Sales
Demand of
service parts
Return
Source:Robin Wohnsigl, presentation – service supply chain meeting Wharton 2007
Topic
p 5. Global Manufacturing
g Networks
Project task
1. Find a few other references, to reach the total number of 10-15.
2. Make summaries of each reference paper; each on about one
single page (A4). These make up the half-time report.
3. Write a scientific paper (as the studied ones). This should include a
discussion of the related literature (i.e. the papers that you have
been studying), a comparison between the contributions from
various authors (e
(e.g.
g similarities and differences),
differences) and then a
model of your own, that is based on current research but includes
somee eextension
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4. Make a presentation in the last seminar of the course. Prepare a
PowerPoint presentation for about 15-20 minutes.
Grading structure
Final report (scientific paper): 50%
Half-time report:
p
30%
Presentations: 10%
Activity/Participation in class: 10%
Purpose of literature review
• Identify a research topic, question or hypothesis
• Identify the research contribution
• Understand theoretical concepts and terminology
• Build a bibliography of the sources that have been
consulted
• Suggest research methods that might be useful
• Analyze and interpret results.
Steps in literature review
Information sources
• Evaluate information sources
• Scholarly and research journals
• Search and locate information resources
• Professional journals
• Develop conceptual frameworks and mind map
• Book
• Write the literature review
• Web resources
Important journals
Search literature
Library catalogues
Books
Search engines
Google, Google Scholar, …
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Keywords-based
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On-line databases
ISI Web of Science
Keywords-based search
Backtracking and forward tracking
EBSCO Host, SCOPUS, JSTOR, Emerald, …
Keywords-based search
OM Orientated
Journal of operations management
Production and operations management
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
International journal of operations and production management
...
General scope
Management science
Decision sciences
Operations research
European journal of operational research
International journal of production research
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economics
International jjournal of production
OMEGA
...
Important journals
Business journals
California Management review
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Harvard
d bbusiness
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review
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MIT Sloan management review
Search literature
Citation pearl growing
Start with one or a few documents
Use suitable terms in those to retrieve others
Briefsearch
Retrieve a few documents crudely and quickly
A good starting point for further work
Building blocks
Take the concepts in search statement
Extends them by using synonyms and related terms
A thorough, but possible lengthy search
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Successive
i fractions
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Reduce a large or too large set of documents
Search within documents to eliminate less relevant or useful documents
Conceptural framework
• Identify key concepts, key themes and messages
• Organize
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i concepts,
t themes
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andd messages
• ”must emerge from the literature” (?)
Mind mapping
Some concerns in writting
Write literature review
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A distillation and understanding of key concepts
Quotations
A distillation of positions, research findings or theories
Building a bibliography
- EndNote ?
Search strategy
– Keywords, limited set of journals, …
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Structure and content
– Motivation for review
– Structure: headings, …
– Categorisation: classes/dimensions, sub-areas, content analysis,
chronological order (trends, periodic themes), journal distribution, …
– Treatment of central papers: details, citations,…
– Bibliometric analysis
– Identification of research opportunities
– Summary
Course webpage
http://www.iei.liu.se/prodek/utbildning/tppe35?l=sv