Goals:
To give students a hands-on experience designing and operating small-scale logistics systems.

Features:
Operations: Practice and Models will be a "learn-by-doing" course that focuses on decision making tools in the context of supply chain management.  Each week, student teams (about 4 members/team) will run a mock supply chain which could be either a computer simulation or a physical representation.  Operational and planning decisions will be based on a combination of mathematical programming models, simulation experiments, inventory models from MGMT 664, and common sense.

Job Titles that Involve Topics Studied:

• Manufacturing / Distribution Analyst
• Logistics Manager
• Reengineering Project Manager
• Operations Manager

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