OPNS 450

SECTIONS: 61 and 62

COURSE NAME: Analytical Modeling on Spreadsheets

INSTRUCTOR: S. D. Deshmukh

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Review your basic Excel skills as listed in the article “Essential Excel” in the case packet. Test yourself by developing a spreadsheet for the “Balance Sheet Construction” example.  Attendance in the first class is mandatory.

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?: Recommended

AUTHOR: W. Winston and C. Albright

PUBLISHER: Duxbury Press

TITLE: Practical Management Science

ED./DATE: Second Edition, 2001

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COURSE #: OPNS  454

SECTION:

81 & 82

COURSE NAME:

Operations Strategy

INSTRUCTOR: Jan A. Van Mieghem

CASEPACK: YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

First class attendance is mandatory (given that there is a case due in the second class)

Check course webpage for updates:

http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/VanMieghem/ftp/454/454CoursePage.htm

Read:    ·     The new operating-finance partnership: a potent strategy for value creation

Prepare:·    Swiss Watch Industry, Kellogg case

·         NextPart, Kellogg case

Be prepared to discuss Swiss Watch Industry in class with an emphasis on the following:

1.          What information would you need, and how would you obtain it, before designing a strategy for the Swiss’ watch industry?

Be prepared to discuss NextPart in class with an emphasis on the following:

1.       What is NextPart’s core competency?  How do they add value to the automotive salvage industry?  How is this surplus divided/captured among the relevant parties?

2.       What are NextPart’s key processes?  How do these interface with suppliers and buyers?

3.       How scalable is this business?  What are some key conditions?  How could they plan for contingencies?

4.       What is the rationale behind the wide variability in supplier’s prices, as illustrated in Exhibit 2B?  Given the variability in sourcing costs, how can NextPart improve its own pricing strategy?  What steps do you recommend for implementation?

5.       What are the key short-term and long-term concerns regarding NextPart’s logistics strategy?  Devise a concrete short-term logistics plan for NextPart with implementation steps.  Devise a concrete long-term logistics plan for NextPart with possible contingency planning.

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Opns 455

SECTION:  81

COURSE NAME:  Logistics and Supply Chain Management

INSTRUCTOR:  Sunil Chopra

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) :  YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: NO

1.  TEXT  --  REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?: Required

AUTHOR: Sunil Chopra & Peter Meindl

PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall

TITLE: Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, Operation

ED./DATE: 1st Ed. 2001

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