Operations Management

This module provide an introduction to key principles, strategies, models and techniques used by organisations in the management of their operations.

1. Identify the role, tools and impact of Operations Management in the organization.

2. Compare and contrast appropriate strategies and competitive behaviour for sustainable organisations. Factors to include environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

3. Apply the stage gate process and engineering tools to Product, Process and Facility design.

4. Use an Enterprise Resource Planning system to perform capacity planning, inventory management and materials requirements planning.

5. Solve basic operations improvement problems.

6. Define how operational budgets are created.