BU-5115 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT by DR. EBRAHIMI
Monday & Wednesday (8:20pm - 10:00pm)

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WEEKS MONDAY Subject, Helpful Links, Notes WEDNESDAY Subject, Helpful Links, Notes
Week 1 January 23

-Get informed about operations of "Hard Rock Cafe"
Overview of the course, assignments policies, term

 January 25

-Competitiveness (quality, cost, differentiation) video rock cafe text website
 -Goods vs. Services
Week 2 January 30

Definition of OM various sources (textbook websites)
History, people of OM, Assignment (Excel  Statistical work- p.6 text

 February 1

-Why is OM important?
-A comparison of the measures that can be taken to raise profitability of Fischer Tech.
Week 3 February 6

-Quiz on FEB 15TH
-Research Term Paper - Start on It
-Update your website (make sure it's updated often)

 February 8

-Sample Quiz 1 - Quiz 2
-We learned what CPM and PERT stand for and their -importance in OM.
-We went over some quiz questions...
Week 4 February 13

NO CLASS -DUE TO SNOW

 February 15

-Quiz (postponed)
Week 5 February 20 PRESIDENT'S DAY (No Class) February 22

 -Quiz

Week 6 February 27 -Review of what we have learned in first 5 weeks. March 1

-CPM (Critical path method) method is explained step by step.
Week 7 March 6 -Quiz answers March 8

-Chapter 4 (Forecasting)
Week 8 March 13 -Chapter 4 (Forecasting) March 15

-Chapter 5 (Design of Goods & Services)
Week 9 March 20 SPRING RECESS March 22 SPRING RECESS
Week 10 March 27 -Review for midterm March 29  - MIDTERM
Week 11 April 3 - Chapter 6 TQM Concepts April 5

-Presentation by Scott & we went over Taguchi briefly
Week 12 April 10

-Definition of Benchmarking, JIT and Empowerment...

 April 12 PASSOVER (No classes after 4:40)
Week 13 April 17 -Chapter 7: Process Analysis, Process Strategy April 19 -Research, Empirical study
Week 14 April 24   April 26  
Week 15 May 1   May 3  
Week 16 May 8   May 10 Final Exam