15.760B | Spring 2004 | Graduate

Introduction to Operations Management

Calendar

LEC # TOPICS TYPES KEY DATES
1 Course Introduction Lecture

2 Burger King and McDonald’s Case

3 Capacity Lecture

4 National Cranberry Case

5 Webvan Case

6 Inventory Lecture Exercises: EOQ, Newsboy
7 Barilla Case

8 Sport Obermeyer Case Case write-up
9 Production Control Lecture Exercises: Kanban Cards, Pooling
10 Hewlett-Packard Case

11 The Goal Book Book review due
12 Quality Lecture Exercises: SPC reading, Six Sigma
13 Toyota Case

14 Process Design Lecture Simulation exercise begins at 6:00 p.m.
15 Global Financial Corp. Case

16 Supply Chain Design Lecture

17 Product Design Lecture Simulation exercise ends at 6:00 p.m.
18 Sega Dreamcast Case Simulation write-up due day after lecture 18
19 Simulation and Course Wrap-up Lecture

Course Info

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Spring 2004
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