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LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Course Introduction
Module I - Operations Analysis
2	Operations Analysis - Service Operations
3	Operations Analysis - Job Shop Operations
4	Operations Analysis - Product and Process Matching
5	Operations Analysis - Queuing Systems
6	Guest Lecture Video (A video of Thomas Stallkamp, the CEO of MSX International, taped earlier in the year in the LFM class)
7	Operations Analysis - Continuous Flow Processes
8	Coordination and Planning - Re-engineering
9	Operations Analysis - Managing Queues	First Case Write-Up Due
10	Forecasting Techniques
Module II - Coordination and Planning
11	Coordination and Planning - Inventory Policy, EOQ Model and Newsvendor Problem	Homework 1 Due
12	Operations Analysis - Management of Constraints
13	Coordination and Planning - Enterprise Resource Planning	Homework 2 Due
14	Coordination and Planning- Just-in-Time Manufacturing
Module III - Quality Management
15	Quality Management - Taguchi Techniques
16	Quality Management - Quality Tools and Philosophies
Module IV - Project Management
17	Project Management - PERT/CPM and Product Launch
18	Project Management as a Competitive Tool
19	Managing Development Projects: The Design Structure Matrix	Homework 3 Due
Module V - Logistics and Supply Chain Management
20	Supply Chain Management - Inventory Positioning
21	Supply Chain Management - Technology Supply Chains (Prof. Charles Fine)
22	Supply Chain Management - Customer Service, Rapid Response and Supply Chain Management	Second Case Write-Up Due
23	Supply Chain Management - Logistics Systems Design (Prof. Don Rosenfield)
24	Supply Chain Management - Coordinating Supply Chain Companies
25	Review of Class and Wrap Up