The Operations Management
function is at the heart of any firm's ability to transform inputs into the
goods and services that it supplies its customers. Well managed Operations can
provide significant strategic advantage to a firm as demonstrated by the success
of firms like Wal-Mart, FedEx, and Toyota among others. On the other hand, a
lack of focus on Operations can be a significant barrier to success.
The Operations major
at Kellogg aims to equip students with skills to analyze operational performance
within supply chains and design and manage processes for competitive advantage.
Faculty
The faculty members
associated with this area include:
*note: if on-campus, just dial the last five digits of the phone number.
Courses
The required Operations
Management (OPNS-430) course forms the core of the
portfolio of operations electives, shown in the figure below. (The figure also
shows the quarter when the course is offered in the Evanston campus, as well
as the number of sections offered in parentheses.) The operations portfolio
includes strategy-oriented courses (OPNS454), functionally-oriented courses
(supply chain operations OPNS455 and service operations OPNS 912), application-oriented
courses (process improvement in various industries, product development, international
ops and risk management), and tools-oriented courses (OPNS450).
The Core Course
(Operations Management, OPNS-430)
Majority
of the sections of the core course are taught in the spring quarter. This course
aims to (1) familiarize you with the problems and issues confronting operations
managers, and (2) provide you with language, concepts, insights and tools to
deal with these issues in order to gain competitive advantage through operations.
The course uses the text Managing
Business Process Flows. For current course information refer to the Prof. Vanmieghem's
OPNS-430 page.
Electives
A student
must take three of the electives listed below to qualify for the Operations major:
Obtaining a Waiver
With prior academic or industry experience in the topic, students
may waive out of the core into an Operations elective. (Only OPNS-454, OPNS-455,
OPNS-450 or OPNS-912 may be taken to fill the waiver requirements.) Please contact Prof. Bassamboo who will review
your supporting evidence for a waiver. Students wanting to waive all Operations
requirements must take a waiver exam. The waiver exam is based on the material
covered in the core course. Please contact Prof. Bassamboo for the waiver exam as well. A request to take the waiver exam
must be made by the Monday of the 7th week of the winter quarter and the exam
itself must be taken by the last day of classes of winter quarter.
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