Week |
Day |
Date |
Reading |
Description |
Assignments |
1 |
Tue |
18/01/22 |
Chapter 1 |
Introduction to Course Contents |
Chapter 2 Homestyle Cookies case, pp. 67-8 - Qs 1-7 |
Thu |
20/01/22 |
Chapter 2 |
Competition |
Chapter 2 P.64 Q4, 9, 10, P.65 Q2, 4 P.66 Q8 |
2 |
Tue |
25/01/22 |
Chapter 3 |
Forecasting - Excel workshop |
Chapter 3 Qs: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 18, 21, 22, 30 |
Thu |
27/01/22 |
Chapter 3 |
Forecasting - Excel workshop |
|
3 |
Tue |
01/02/22 |
Chapter 4 |
Forecasting - Excel workshop |
|
Thu |
03/02/22 |
Chapter 4S |
Reliability |
Chapter 4S Qs: 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 12, 14, 17, 22 |
4 |
Tue |
08/02/22 |
Chapter 5 |
Strategic Capacity Planning |
Chapter 5 Qs: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15 |
Thu |
10/02/22 |
Chapter 5 |
Strategic Capacity Planning |
|
5 |
Tue |
15/02/22 |
Chapter 5S |
Decision theory |
Chapter 5 S Qs: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 12 |
Thu |
17/02/22 |
Chapter 5S |
Decision theory with Treeplan (Excel add-in) |
|
6 |
Tue |
22/02/22 |
Chapter 19 |
Linear Programming |
|
Thu |
24/02/22 |
Chapter 19 |
Linear Programming with Solver (Excel add-in) |
Chapter 19, Qs 1 - 6a; Problems 1, 2, 4, 12 |
7 |
Tue |
01/03/22 |
Chapter 6 |
Process Selection and Facility Layout |
Chapter 6, Qs 2, 11, 12, 13, 21 Problems 1, 2, 3 |
Thu |
03/03/22 |
|
MIDTERM EXAM |
Deadline for chapters 1 - 7 & 19 homework |
8 |
Tue |
08/03/22 |
Chapter 7 |
Work Design and Measurement |
Chapter 7, review Qs p. 319: 2, 9, 11, 19; problem Qs p. 320-321: 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16 |
Thu |
10/03/22 |
Chapter 10 |
Quality Control |
Chapter 10, Review Qs: 1, 3, 5, 10, 13 (pp. 447-448); |
9 |
Tue |
15/03/22 |
Chapter 10 |
Quality Control |
Problem Qs: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 (pp. 448-453) |
Thu |
17/03/22 |
Chapter 13 |
Inventory Management |
Chapter 13, Review Qs p. 588 - 595: Qs 1, 2, 3, 9, 11, 15. |
10 |
Tue |
29/03/22 |
Chapter 13 |
Inventory Management |
Problems p. 589 - Qs 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 19, 20, 27, 36, 38 |
Thu |
31/03/22 |
Chapter 18 |
The Management of Waiting in Lines |
Chapter 18, Review Qs 1 - 5, problems 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13 |
11 |
Tue |
05/04/22 |
Chapter 18 |
The Management of Waiting in Lines |
|
Thu |
07/04/22 |
|
Business presentation guide |
|
12 |
Tue |
12/04/22 |
|
Group project - Presentations |
Project due |
Thu |
14/04/22 |
|
Group project - Presentations |
|
13 |
Tue |
19/04/22 |
Chapter 11 |
Aggregate Planning |
|
Thu |
21/04/22 |
Chapter 14 |
Lean Operations |
|
14 |
Tue |
26/04/22 |
Chapter 15 |
Global production decisions |
|
Thu |
28/04/22 |
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Review |
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