TERM: Spring 09

COURSE #: OPNS 430

SECTION: 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, & 69

COURSE NAME: Operations Management

INSTRUCTOR: Martin Lariviere (61 & 62), Baris Ata (63 & 64). Gad Allon (65, 66, & 69), and Achal Bassamboo (67 & 68)

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Welcome to the first class of ops! Required materials are available at the bookstore.

1. Course pack I: Case and readings (common to all instructors)
2. Course pack II: Syllabus and lecture slides (instructor specific)
3. The Goal by Goldratt and Cox.
4. Textbook: MBPF by Anupindi, Chopra,Van Mieghem and Zemel.

Read:               Textbook MBPF: Chapter 1
                        Start reading The Goal

Consider the following questions:

1. In a business context what is meant by operations?
2. What are the competitive priorities faced by a typical business?
3. What roles does operations play in achieving these?

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Required

AUTHOR: Anupindi, Chopra, Deshmukh, Van Mieghem and Zemel

PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall

TITLE: Managing Business Process Flows

ED./DATE: 2nd edition, 2005

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Required

AUTHOR: Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox

PUBLISHER: North River Press

TITLE: The Goal

ED./DATE: 2nd edition or later 1992 or later

TERM: Spring 2009

COURSE #:
OPNS 450

SECTION: 61

COURSE NAME: Analytical Decision Modeling on Spreadsheets

INSTRUCTOR: S. D. Deshmukh

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT
1. Review your basic Excel skills as listed in “Essential Excel” in the case packet, and test yourself by developing a spreadsheet for the “Balance Sheet Construction” example therein. 
2. Download all Excel files from the “Essential Excel” folder from the course website.
3. Download the “Formula List” add-in from the “Excel Add-ins” folder on the course website and save it on your laptop in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Library.

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: RECOMMENDED

AUTHOR: C. Albright and W. Winston

PUBLISHER: South Western

TITLE: Practical Management Science

ED./DATE: 3rd /2009

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

TERM:  Spring 2009

COURSE #: OPNS-455

SECTION: 81

COURSE NAME: Logistics and Supply Chain Management

INSTRUCTOR:  Diego Klabjan

CASEPACK - YES or NO?:  YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
No

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: required

AUTHOR: S. Chopra and P. Meindl

PUBLISHER: C&M

TITLE: Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operations

ED./DATE: 3rd edition