UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
BUS 435AW -001: Advanced Operations Management
Winter 2017
Instructor
OFFICE
PHONE
E-MAIL
CLASSES
OFFICE HOUR
: Dr. EMAN ALMEHDAWE
: ED-540.11
: (306) 585 4728
: [email protected]
: 11:30 – 12:45 P.M. Tuesdays and Thursdays in Education Building Room 619.
: Tuesdays 1:00-2:00 pm or by appointment.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
An advanced course that covers the management of operations in organizations. Topics will include: supply
chain management, inventory management, aggregate planning, material requirement planning and scheduling.
Problems of production of goods and services will be considered. The course will also include an introduction to
the use of quantitative techniques such as linear programming and decision trees as an aid to organizational
decision making.
Prerequisite: BUS 275.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course aims at providing the students with tools for understanding operational processes, and preparing
the students to analyze and continuously improve the firm’s operational performance. By the end of the course
students should be able to:
- Understand the strategic importance of the supply chain, how to select vendors and how to improve the
performance of the supply chain
- Understand the role of inventory in an organization and be able to decide how much to order of each
raw material based on the organization future forecasts for products demand.
- Learn quantitative tools that can be used schedule work on machines or employees for work
- Define what is meant by lean operations, Just In Time (JIT), and the Toyota Production System (TPS) and
its benefits to organizations
TEXTBOOK
Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, Second Canadian Edition by Jay Heizer,
Barry Render and Paul Griffin. Second Canadian Edition. Published by Pearson. ISBN 9780134384306. The book
is available at the U of R bookstore.
COURSE MANAGEMENT
The course homepage is available at http://www.uregina.ca/urcourses/. Lecture slides, announcements,
assignments and all other related material will be posted on the course web page. Check the website regularly.
COMMUNICATION
Please use the email address provided on this document for all communication. Don’t use UR courses email as I
do not check that email frequently. Make sure that you use your U of R email for all communication since
external accounts such as Gmail will be automatically quarantined by the University’s system.
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EVALUATION
The course grade will be based on five quizzes, two assignments and a term project. The breakdown is as
follows:
Assignments (4)
20 %
Midterm exam
30%
Final exam
40%
Participation
10%
Total
100%
ASSIGNMENTS
There will be four written assignments each worth 5% of the course total mark. Each assignment will cover
topics that share compatible conceptual framework. The assignment questions will be posted one week before
the due date. Each assignment has to be handed at the beginning of the class on the due date. Any assignment
submitted during or after the lecture will be 20% penalized. Assignments submitted 24 hours or more after the
due date will be marked as zero. Key answers for each assignment will be posted on the course website after all
students submit their works.
Assignment 1 due (Jan. 26)
Assignment 2 due (Feb. 16)
Assignment 3 due (Mar. 16)
Assignment 4 due (April 6)
EXAMINATION
All exams will be closed book and notes. The midterm exam will be held during lecture time on March 2nd. The
coverage of the exam and its format will be determined and announced later in the term. If you miss your
midterm exam for a valid medical reason (accompanied by evidence) the weight of this exam will be shifted to
the final exam. The final exam is comprehensive and will be held on April 25th, 2017 from 2:00 - 4:30 pm. The
location of the exam will be announced later.
PARTICIPATION
It is strongly recommended that you attend all classes. Participation during the class is also encouraged. There
will be 10% of the course total mark dedicated for your participation to the case studies discussion. Your
questions, comments and criticism will all be counted towards the participation grade. The objective is to create
an involved atmosphere to enhance learning.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Some practice problems will be assigned from the textbook to practice the quantitative material covered in
class. The objective of those questions is to help you study and prepare for the assignments and quizzes. The
solutions for those questions will be posted on UR courses after each chapter. It is strongly recommended that
you attempt to solve those questions.
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Academic Integrity: "Students enrolled in Business courses at the University of Regina are expected to adhere
rigorously to principles of intellectual integrity. Plagiarism is a form of intellectual dishonesty in which another
person's work is presented as one's own. Plagiarism or cheating on examinations/assignments is a serious
offence that may result in a zero grade on an assignment, a failing grade in a course, or expulsion from the
University”
Student Behavior: Students of the University of Regina (the “University”) are expected to conduct themselves
responsibly and with propriety both in their studies and in their general behavior, and are expected to abide by
all policies and regulations of the University. Misconduct, which may be academic (that is, in academic studies)
or non-academic (in general behavior), is subject to disciplinary action. For information on categories of offences
and types of penalties. Students are referred to the University Calendar for information on appeals, withdrawal
dates, plagiarism, cheating, and academic misconduct. Students are expected to abide by these regulations of
the University of Regina
http://www.uregina.ca/presoff/vpadmin/policymanual/Academic%20Regulations/DisciplinaryRegulations.pdf.
GENERAL COMMENTS
- Extra help: I have the open door policy, if you see my door open and you have a question, please feel
free to talk to me.
- Marking review: if you need to review the marking of an assignment or an exam, you have a time
window of one week after you receive your paper to do so.
TENTATIVE COURSE COVERAGE
Notice that topic coverage may be adjusted from time to time as the course progresses.
Topic
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Reading
Supply chain management, logistics and
analytics
Inventory Management
Ch 11, Ch11s, lecture
notes
Ch 12, lecture notes
Ch 13, lecture notes
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Aggregate operations planning and master
scheduling
Material Requirement Planning
5
Scheduling
Ch 15, lecture notes
6
Lean operations
Ch 16, lecture notes
7
Decision making tools: Linear programming
Module B
8
Transportation models (if time permits)
Module C
2
3
Ch 14, lecture notes
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