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Valid for year : 2007
 
TPMM04 Operations Strategy, 6 ECTS credits.
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For:   IMM  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 32
Rec. self-study hours: 128

  Area of Education: Technology

Subject area: Industrial Engineering and Management, Industrial Economics
  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

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.


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.
Supplementary courses:
Manufacturing planning and control, Analysing and improving manufacturing operations
Organisation:
The lectures cover theory, concepts, models and applications. The seminars are used for discussing and analysing case studies.

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.
  • Operations strategy in practice.


Course literature:
Hill: Manufacturing Strategy (2nd edition), Palgrave. Journal articles.

Examination:
Written examination (U,3,4,5)
 4 p
/
6 ECTS
 


Course language is English.
Department offering the course: IPE.
Director of Studies: Martin Kylinger
Examiner: Jan Olhager
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Course Syllabus in Swedish

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Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 12/11/2007