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MN52120: Operations and supply chain management

[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: School of Management
Credits: 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 200
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CWRI 50%, CWVG 50%
Assessment Detail:
  • Supply Chain Management Challenge (CWVG 50%)
  • Operations Management Challenge (CWRI 50%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: 1. Explore and discuss the foundational and contemporary issues relating to operations and supply chain management, particularly in an engineering context 2. Explore the tools and techniques that link theory and practice in operations and supply chain management 3. Critique and analyse complex operations and supply chain management challenges 4. Formulate process design and improvement schemes to improve multiple dimensions of operations and supply chain performance 5. Assess the role of operations and supply chains in managing engineering organisations


Synopsis: Address key operations and supply chain management decisions faced by organisations, with emphasis on the engineering business context. This unit will equip you with the tools and techniques to design, analyse and improve business processes and supply chain operations. You'll make use of a balance of academic theory and practical content activities such as case studies, guest lectures, classroom games and industry-based examples.

Content: This unit will explore issues across operations and supply chain management.
  • Examples of topics that may be taught, in different academic sessions, are:
  • Process design and improvement
  • Capacity management
  • Inventory management
  • Quality management
  • Supply chain structure and dynamics
  • Risk management
  • Contemporary issues in operations and supply


Course availability:

MN52120 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
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