Class Notes: 2/6/06
Done by: Catherine and Thomas
Explain that you need to start updating your geocities
Those that don’t have a web program for website, copy and paste code to word and email it to yourself
Make index for webpage
Reminds class to remind Cathy
Deal about class making webpage purpose without the book
JOURNAL PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS CLASS
Keep track of learning class
Class work
Ex: Marketing vs. Marketing and OM, etc.
Microsoft has it's own extension for OM.
Software for it
Anyone demo of any subject
Mehmet looks up software for Microsoft Operations Management
MOM Link - http://www.microsoft.com/mom/evaluation/demo/mom2k5/presentation.html#slide1-1
Microsoft came on after 95, not on time
Facts Set 1:
Timing is very important - not sequential
Jobs can be done in parallel - certain jobs
CLASS - DON'T GIVE THE SAME INFO ON SITE
Journal --> Classwork
Next Assignment - Statistic Warm up
Easiest - Standard Deviation
Final Project
You acting as OM (3 things)
Actually integrate 10 things based on 3 discussed in class
3 things: quality, cost, & differentiation
Book - Quality --> Differentiation --> Response
Achieving Competitive Advantage Through Operation - Book
Differentiation, Low Cost, and Response
MISS CLASS RULES
Professor Misses You - Mental Picture of attendance
Database in his mind
Technology is good resource for you
Achieving Competitive Advantage Through Operations - Steve +1
Differeation, lowering cost, through response - p. 29
competitive advantage implies ... over competitive. the idea is to create customer value. OM be called on to implement some combination of them.
What is response? - Tahidul answers +1
Response time
Fed Express - Professor explains that nothing flammable is sendable --> Differentiation
Project Being OM Person
Next class - Tell professor what you want company wise (nothing specific)
Strategies
Improving
Term Paper - 2 things
Success/Failure (good) Stories - investigate it, people in charge did well
One person responsible - control and harmonize
Chaos, errors, mistakes, catastrophes, problems (mostly)
Ex last class OM discussion
Success is built on failure and mistakes
Research - find based on references, validation, little of your opinion
Quizzes, Should have during the 4th week of class
Sample Quiz
Mid-Term
Final
Last Class of OM
One example of OM and discussed briefly - success story
Lots of failures of what was the example? - The Bridge that connect from France and Spain
Significance of Bridge - Tallest Bridge +1 Ralph
Quiz - Feb 15th
Easiest way to get the grade
How does he make quiz? T/F with student questions submitted - James +1
About 100 questions from your class mates
Ex: 20 people * 5 questions
Fact Set 2:
Never say no as OM
You say "yes" as OM
Test Date
No Talking except before test
Proof of Good Manager
Quiz Questions
Send to: Ebrahimidr@gmail.com
Do more T/F questions
Don't get below 50 without bad luck
Don't be so easy or tricky
No cluster throughout knowledge (more than 1 subject)
Make it ready, think ahead, subject of we did
Ch. 2 - Operation Strategy in a Global Environment
Find out the meaning - whole class
What is operation strategy?
Lower the cost and the response - Julee +1
International - Syed
Why companies go global? Bigger market
Why companies go to Mexico? Lower the cost, which is labor.
How much is labor union? Ex: $30 per hour, $1 per day, Ban on Nikes, Coffee farm
Why else?
Prestige
Why do we want to go global? Chain and supply connection
Book Facts of material:
Version of book - Version 4 or 5
Amazon.com
Graduate school degree websites
Exercise a Global View Of Operations
Reduce Cost
Improve Supply Chain
Improvement
Provide better goods and services
Attract new markets
Learn to improve operation - Bring people in
Attract and obtain global talent
Find:
Info of toothpaste - extra points
Company throughout semester: Hard Rock - Ralph +1
Boeing - 20 countries What does japan do for bowen? Singapore? France? Italy?
Right now:
Next Class: 10 strategies looking into Decision Making
Work now: Find the Right Now section (1/3 only)
Boeing:




Become OM - Always have a mission/vision - include in project
Know how the mission of other companies are