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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Master in Business Administration

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Operations Management

Course Code: OM
Faculty: 

Profs. F.Y. Roxas, R.L. Cruz and M.S. Lagman

Sessions:  40 sessions
 
MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT
Session No. Cases/Readings
1

Lecture: Manufacturing Management and Q-D-P Frameworks
Read: The New Operations Analytical Framework

2 Case: Kristen's Cookie Company (A) Read: Process Fundamentals
3 Case: Kristen's Cookie Company (B) Read: Capacity Analysis: Sample Problem
4 Case: Levi's Personal Pair Jeans Read: Competing on Eight Dimensions Problem
5 Case: The Production Process: McDonald's vs. Burger King Read: Lessons Learned From Wendy's and Jollibee
6 Case: Stonehaven, Inc. Read: Process Analysis
7 Case: Productivity Improvement Projects at J&J Phils., Inc Read: Leap-Frogging Productivity
8 Case: Centro Manufacturing (A) Read: Business Process Mapping: Conceptual Framework
9-10 9-10 Q-D-P Game

Note: Session 10 – can be the Midterm Exam.

11

Case: Valenzuela Tannery Company (B)
Read: Valenzuela Tannery Company (A)

12-13 12-13 Fieldtrip
Q-D-P Game
SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Session No. Cases/Readings
14 Just in time for the Holidays – Harvard Business Review
15

Lecture: Managing Service Operations
Read: Managing Services

16

Case: Benihana of Tokyo
Read: Competitiveness Through Service Quality

17

Case: The Red Crab (B): Defining Quality Dining Services
Read: The Red Crab (A)

18

Case: Housekeeping System Cycle Time Reduction at Ritz Carlton
Read: The House of Quality Creative Benchmarking

19 Case: Big Jim's Gym
Read: Matching Supply and Demand in Service Industries
20 Case: Shouldice Hospital Limited
Read: Where Does the Customer Fit in a Service Operations
21

Case: University Health Service – Walk-in Clinic
Read: The Psychology of Waiting Lines

22 Case: State Automobile License Renewal
Read: is This Process Performing Well? (HMU #U0010C)

Note: Session 20 – can be the Final Exam.

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (II)
Core 2, MBA 2009

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Session No. Cases/Readings
23

Lecture: Supply Chain Management and Competitiveness
Read: Achieving Competitiveness through Supply Chain   Management

24

Case: Li & Fung (Trading), Ltd.
Read: Fast, Global, and Entrepreneurial Supply Chain Management, Hong Kong Style (An Interview with Victor Fung)

25 Case: Luen Thai
Read: The Manager’s Guide to Supply Chain Management
26 Case: Sports Obermeyer
Read: Making Supply Meet Demand in an Uncertain World
27

Case: Supply Chain Management at the World Company, Ltd.
Read: Exploiting the Virtual Value Chain

28 Case: HP Deskjet Printer Supply (A)
Read: Mass Customization at HP: The Power of Postponement
29

Case: Dell On-Line
Read: The Power of Virtual Integration

30

Case: Marshall Industries
Read: Exploiting the Virtual Value Chain

31 Case: Barilla Spa (A) & (B)
Read: Make Your Dealers Your Partner
32

Case: ITC eChoupal Initiative
Read: Buyer Supplier Relationship

Note: Session 30 – can use as Mid-term Exam.

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (II) Core 2, MBA 2009

MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER & OPEARTIONS STRATEGY

Session No. Cases/Readings
33

Lecture: Management of Technology Transfer
Read: Technology Management Issues

34

Case: P.T. Inti Indorayon Utama (A)

35

Case: P.T. Inti Indorayon Utama (B1 & B2)

36 Case: P.T. Inti Indorayon Utama (C)
37 Case: Free Internet Initiatives at La Grange, Georgia
38 Case: Zara: IT For Fashion
39

Case: Copeland, Inc. (A) & (B)
Read: Focused Factory

40

Case: Montezuma Confectionary Company
Read: Reflection on Japanese Factory Management

41 Case: Frito Lay, Inc.
42 Case: Webvan Groceries in the Internet
1.Canada Post Corporation
2.Jefferies Group, Inc.
Session 37

Case: Aurolab: Making Medical Technology Affordable to the Poor
Read: Servicing the Poor Profitably

Session 38 

Case: Merck-Medco: Vertical Integration in Pharmaceutical Industry
Read: The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Note: Session 40 – can be the Final Exam.



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