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Module Title	Operations Management
School	School of Engineering
Department	Mechanical Engineering
Module Code	04 01995
Module Lead	Dr A M Tobias
Level	Masters Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Exclusions
Description	Organisational Behaviour and Motivation. Organisational Dynamics and Control. Forecasting: Pre-planning, demand, short-term forecasting (moving averages, exponential smoothing, etc.) Holt Winter forecasting. Production Planning: stock control, cost factors, basic replenishment policies and properties. M.P.S. and M.R.P. systems. Supply chain management and logistics.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the course the students should be able to: Appreciate the nature and fundamental problems of operations management; Solve basic problems in the fields of organisational control, forecasting, stock control, production planning, supply chain management and logistics.
Assessment	01995-01 : OPSQ1 : Coursework (10%) 01995-02 : OPSQ2 : Coursework (5%) 01995-03 : OPSQ3 : Coursework (5%) 01995-04 : OPSQ4 : Coursework (30%) 01995-06 : OPSQ5 : Coursework (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Coursework 100%
Other
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