WIW76000 – Operations Management

Module
Operations Management
Operations Management
Module number
WIW76000
Version: 1
Faculty
Business Administration
Level
Bachelor
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Winter semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. Matthias Richter
M.Richter(at)fh-zwickau.de

Prof. Dr. Ralph Riedel
ralph.riedel(at)fh-zwickau.de

Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Ralph Riedel
ralph.riedel(at)fh-zwickau.de

Course language(s)

English
in "Operations Management"

ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (2.00 SCH Seminar | 2.00 SCH Lecture with integrated exercise / seminar-lecture)

Self-study time

90.00 hours
30.00 hours Fallstudie(n) - Operations Management
30.00 hours Beleg(e) - Operations Management
30.00 hours Course preparation - Operations Management

Pre-examination(s)
None
Examination(s)

schriftliche Prüfungsleistung
Module examination | Examination time: 90 min | Weighting: 75% | wird in englischer Sprache abgenommen
in "Operations Management"

alternative Prüfungsleistung - Paper
Module examination | Weighting: 25% | wird in englischer Sprache abgenommen
in "Operations Management"

Media type
No information
Instruction content/structure
  • Operations Management and Performance
  • Structure and Scope of Operations
  • Operations Strategy
  • Product and Service Innovation
  • Process Design & Process Technology
  • Factory Layout
  • Inhouse Logistics
  • Planning & Control
  • Capacity Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Lean Operations
  • Operations Improvement
  • Quality Management
Qualification objectives

Students are enabled to

  • understand the function of operations in/ for a company
  • examine the structure and processes of industrial companies
  • explore the ways operations can contribute to a company’s strategy
  • understand the levers operations offer to reach company’s goals
  • understand basic concepts  for product, process and layout design, for production and logistics planning and control as well as quality management
Special admission requirements

keine

Recommended prerequisites
No information
Continuation options
No information
Literature
  • Handfield, R.; Bozarth, C.: Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Iravani, S.M.R.: Operations Engineering and Management: Concepts, Analytics and Principles for Improvement
  • Slack, N.: Operations Management
  • Slack, N.; Lewis, M.: Operations Strategy
Notes
No information