Goals:
The goal of this course is to provide a faculty-directed consulting experience involving the operations of client organizations.  The specific nature of the operation(s) to be examined depends on the interests of the client.  The goal of the consulting project is to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the client's current operation(s) and to suggest alternatives for improvement.  Individual students are formed into teams, based on each student's background and desire and the expertise required on each team.

Features:

• In-class presentations of the client operation(s) by representatives of the client firms, and/or tour of the client operation(s) when feasible.
• Developing problem statement acceptable to the client
• Developing a framework to approach the problem and analysis data collection and/or interviews between the student team and client representatives, either live or by videoconference.
• Preparation of a written report of observations, analysis and recommendations.
• Presentation via video conference or in-person to the management.

Faculty

Suresh Chand: Scheduling and production planning for multiperiod production inventory problems with varying demand forecasts.

Maqbool Dada: Inventory systems, pricing models, service systems, and international operations management.

Vinayak Deshpande: Supply Chain Coordination, Service Parts Management, and Contingency Logistics Systems.

Joice Hu: Assistant Professor of Management.

Ananth Iyer: Analysis of the impact of promotions on logistics systems in the grocery industry and analysis of the impact of competitors on operational management models.

Shrikant Panwalkar: Visiting Professor

Leroy B. Schwarz: Supply-Chain Management, Manufacturing, E-Enterprise, and Operations Strategy.

James Ward: Inventory-distribution system design, planar location models, and interactive computing.

Svenja Sommer: Assistant Professor of Management.

Courses

MGMT 460: Operations Management

MGMT 462: Supply Chain Design, Planning and Control

MGMT 490: Logistics: Concepts and Models

MGMT 560: Manufacturing Planning & Control

MGMT 561: Logistics

MGMT 562: Project Management

MGMT 564: Management of Service Operations

MGMT 590D: Strategic Sourcing and Procurement

MGMT 590Y: E-Commerce & Supply Chain

MGMT 661: Management of Operations Systems

MGMT 663: Analysis and Improvement of Processes in Service
                   and Manufacturing Operations

MGMT 667: International Operations Management

MGMT 669: Operations: Practice & Models

MGMT 690A: Doctoral Topics in OM I

MGMT 690B: Workshop in OM

MGMT 690C: Doctoral Topics in OM II