This schedule shows the due dates for each assignment, and gives a description for each. To summarize, the case write-up is a team exercise worth 30% of a student’s course grade, while the book review is completed by a student working individually and is worth 10%.
| LEC # | TOPICS | TYPES | ASSIGNMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course Introduction | Lecture | |
| 2 | Burger King and McDonald’s | Case | |
| 3 | Capacity | Lecture | |
| 4 | National Cranberry | Case | |
| 5 | Webvan | Case | |
| 6 | Inventory | Lecture | |
| 7 | Barilla | Case | |
| 8 | Sport Obermeyer | Case | Graded case write-up due at the beginning of class (PDF) |
| 9 | Production Control | Lecture | All students please complete the class feedback survey #1 |
| 10 | Hewlett-Packard | Case | |
| 11 | The Goal | Book |
Book Review
This assignment is due at the beginning of class today. Prepare a one page summary of The Goal formatted as follows: 1. List your (at most) 6 main take-aways from the book (at most 2-3 sentence each); and 2. List the (at most) 4 main critiques (at most 2-3 sentence each) you would make about this book |
| 12 | Quality | Lecture | |
| 13 | Toyota | Case | |
| 14 | Process Design | Lecture | |
| 15 | Global Financial Corp. | Case | |
| 16 | Supply Chain Design | Lecture | |
| 17 | Product Design | Lecture | |
| 18 | Sega Dreamcast | Case | |
| 19 | Simulation and Course Wrap-up | Lecture | Students with last names M-Z please complete the class feedback survey #2 |
