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Operations Strategy, 6 ECTS credits.
/Produktionsstrategier/
For:
IND
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 32
Rec. self-study hours: 128
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Area of Education: Technology
Main field of studies: Industrial Engineering and Management
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): A
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Aim:
After taking this course, the student should:
- have an understanding of the relationships among business strategy, market strategy, product strategy and operations strategy.
- be able to use the basic concepts and models for operations strategy analysis.
- be able to develop and formulate an operations strategy for different types of industrial firms.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Basic knowledge in Production and operations management.
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Supplementary courses:
Manufacturing planning and control, Analysing and improving manufacturing operations
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Organisation:
The lectures cover theory, concepts, models and applications. The seminars are used for discussing and analysing case studies.
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Course contents:
- Operations strategy: Content and process, relationship to business strategy, market strategy and product strategy.
- Operations-based competitive priorities: Quality, delivery, price, and flexibility.
- Decision categories: Strategic issues and choices regarding capacity, facilities, production process, vertical integration, supply chain, organisation and control systems.
- Global manufacturing: Designing global manufacturing networks. Global perspectives on high-performance manufacturing.
- Performance measurement: Different types of measures for feedback and improvement.
- Sustainability in relation to Operations strategy.
- Operations strategy in practice.
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Course literature:
Hill and Hill: Manufacturing Operations Strategy (3rd edition), Palgrave. Journal articles.
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Examination: |
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Written examination
Assignment
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4 ECTS
2 ECTS
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Course language is English.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Fredrik Persson
Examiner: Veronica Lindström
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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