TERM: Fall 2003/2004

COURSE #: OPNS 450

SECTION: 61, 62

COURSE NAME: Spreadsheet Modeling and Analysis for Managerial Decisions

INSTRUCTOR: S. D. Deshmukh

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes.

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

1.        Review your basic Excel skills as listed in the article “Essential Excel” in the case packet.

2.        Test yourself by developing a spreadsheet for the “Balance Sheet Construction” example at the end of “Essential Excel”

3.        Download from the course website the “Formula List” add-in from the “Excel Add-ins” folder and download all Excel files from the “Essential Excel” folder.

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: Yes.

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Required

AUTHOR: C. Albright and W. Winston

PUBLISHER: Duxbury Press

TITLE: Spreadsheet Modeling and Applications

ED./DATE: 2005
 

Number of Handouts to be added:  50

  
   

 

TERM: Winter 2003/2004

COURSE #: OPNS 455

SECTION: 61

COURSE NAME: Logistics and Supply Chain Management

INSTRUCTOR: Sunil Chopra

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes.

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read Chapter 1 of text

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: Yes.

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Required

AUTHOR: Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl

PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall

TITLE: Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, Operation

ED./DATE: 2nd edition, 2004

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

 

TERM:

Fall 04/05

COURSE #: 454

SECTIONs:

81 & 82

COURSE NAME:

Operations Strategy

INSTRUCTOR: Jan A. Van Mieghem

  

CASEPACK: YES

  

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Check course webpage for updates:

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

Read:                     · Lecture Notes Chapter 1 (in case pack)

Prepare:                 · Swiss Watch Industry, Kellogg case

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

Hand-in: a copy of your resume.  (This will help me getting to know you and learn about your experiences.)

We will discuss Swiss Watch Industry in class with an emphasis on the following:

1.          How would you contrast the operations strategy of the traditional Swiss watch company with that of Seiko?  What are the key elements that comprise an operations strategy?

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

3.          How would you formulate and describe a new operations strategy for the Swiss watch industry?  Consider the full range of operations from suppliers to internal processes to customer relations; from product design to product fulfillment; from learning and improvement processes to growth.  What actions does this require and how risky are they?

  

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?  There is no regular textbook.  Instead, lecture notes will be provided (the first few in the case pack, the rest will be distributed in class)

  

AUTHOR: J. A. Van Mieghem

PUBLISHER:

  

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

  

2.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:

  

AUTHOR:

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TITLE:

ED./DATE: