Operations Management – II (OM-II)

Course Name Operations Management II

Programme BM
Batch 2021-23
Term III
Credits 2.0 (Two)
Course Instructors Prof. Manimay Ghosh

1. Reading and References:

A. Textbook: Stevenson, W.J. (2017), Operations Management, McGraw-Hill, 12E
B. Reference Book: Chase, R.B., Sankar, R. and Jacobs, R.F. (2019), Operations and Supply
Chain Management, McGraw-Hill, 15E.

  6. Tentative Session Plan

 
Session Student Learning Pre-reading
Topics
No. from Textbook
Why OM II is important to a business
manager?
Introduction and Definition of inventory, types of
1, 2, 3 Inventory inventory, Inventory classifications Chap 13, C-1
Management schemes, basic inventory models, cost
of inventory, service level and safety
stock
What do we understand by the word
“Lean”?
Lean
4, 5 Definition of waste, types of waste, Chapter -14
Management
lean tools and techniques to eliminate
waste
Definition of AP, basic AP strategies,
Aggregate
6, 7 mixed strategies, Cost for each strategy, Chapter 11
Planning (AP)
techniques in AP
8, 9 Material Definition of MRP, Inputs outputs of Chap 12, C-2
Requirement MRP, Capacity planning, safety stocks
Planning in MRP, MRP nervousness, pegging,

1
 MRP II and ERP
Importance of scheduling, forward and
Operations backward scheduling, priority rules for
10, 11 Planning & job sequencing and related performance Chapter - 16
Scheduling metrics, scheduling in job shops and
flow shops
Definition of quality, broad categories
of quality, costs of quality, reasons for
Quality
12,13 variability in quality, statistical process Chap – 10, C-3
Management
control and different types of control
charts, process capabilities
Final Group OM II related projects
Project
14
Submission and
Presentations

C-1 : Zhou Bicycle (inventory)

C-2: Casual Furniture (MRP) / Or some other case related to MRP
C-3: Hank Kolb, Director of Quality Assurance / Or some other case related to Quality

5. Assessment scheme:

Component Weightage (%)

Two Quizzes (15% each) 30%
End-Term (All topics) 40%
Class attendance and 10%
participation
Group Project 20%