Academic management

"Operations Management" subject has a group in English for bilingual students, and takes place in the spring semester of the second academic year.

Operations Management is very important for Industries. It is concerned with creating the products and services upon which we all depend. And creating products and services is the very reason for any
organization’s existence, whether that organization be large or small, manufacturing or service,
for profit or not for profit. Thankfully, most companies have now come to understand
the importance of operations. This is because they have realized that effective operations
management gives the potential to improve revenues and, at the same time, enables goods
and services to be produced more efficiently. It is this combination of higher revenues and
lower costs which is understandably important to any organization.

Operations Management is the activity of managing the resources which are devoted to the
production and delivery of products and services. The operations function is the part of the
organization that is responsible for this activity. Every organization has an operations function
because every organization produces some type of products and/or services. Operations managers are the people who have particular responsibility for managing some, or all, of the resources which comprise the operations function.

Bilingual students must meet the University of Oviedo required standards to take lectures in English.

Competencies:

CG2, CG3, CG4, CG10, CG15

CB1, CB3

CC9, CC11

Learning Results:

RDO1, RDO2, RDO3

Learning results will be assessed from both written and lab-practices examinations, as well as voluntary exercises proposed along the semester by the professor.

Unit 1. Linear Programming.

Unit 2. Location. Plant Layout. Decision Theory.

Unit 3. Production Planning. The ERP's.

Unit 4. Storage and Inventory Management.

Unit 5. Vehicle Routes Calculation

Exceptionally, if required by sanitary conditions, online teaching activities could be incorporated. In this case, students will be informed.

Ordinary Exam Calls:

Part 1: Theory and Problems Examination. Highest mark for this test is 10 points. A minimum of 40% is required to pass the subject.

Part 2: Exercises hand-in along the semester and mandatory lab practices reports. Highest mark for this part is 10 points. A minimum of 40% is mandatory to pass the subject.

·        Final mark is calculates as follows:

                         Final Mark = 0.65 x (Part 1 Mark) + 0.35 x (Part 2 Mark).

·         To pass the subject, the final mark must be greater than or equal to 5 points.

Extraordinary Exam Calls:

Part 1:  Theory and Problems Examination. Highest mark for this test is 10 points. A minimum of 40% is required.

Part 2 : If the minimum standard of 40% was achieved for the ordinary call, then Part 2 mark will be saved for this extraordinary call. If not, a lab practices examination must be taken before taking the written exam in this exam call. A minimum of 40% is mandatory to take the theory and problems examination.

·         Final mark is calculates as follows:

                       Final Mark = 0.65 x (Part 1 Mark) + 0.35 x (Part 2 Mark).

·         To pass the subject, the final mark must be greater than or equal to 5 points.

Exceptionally, if required by sanitary conditions, online assessment methods could be incorporated. In this case, students will be informed of the changes.

Basic Bibliography:

De la Fuente, D.; Pino, R.; Gómez, A.; Parreño, J.; Priore, P.; Puente, J.; Fernández, I. (2008) Ingeniería de Organización en la Empresa: Dirección de Operaciones. Ediciones de la Universidad de Oviedo.

Supplemmentary Bibliography:

Ballou, R.H. (2004): Logística. Administración de la cadena de suministro. (México: Pearson – Prentice Hall).

Chase, R.B.; Aquilano, N.J.; Jacobs, F.R. (2000): Administración de Producción y Operaciones (Santa Fe de Bogotá: McGraw-Hill).

Domínguez, J.A.; Álvarez, M.J.; Domínguez, M.A.; García, S.; Ruiz, A. (1995a): Dirección de Operaciones: Aspectos Estratégicos en la Producción y los Servicios (Madrid: McGraw-Hill).

Domínguez, J.A.; Álvarez, M.J.; Domínguez, M.A.; García, S.; Ruiz, A. (1995b): Dirección de Operaciones: Aspectos Tácticos y Operativos en la Producción y los Servicios (Madrid: McGraw-Hill).

Heizer, J.; Render, B. (2001a): Dirección de la Producción. Decisiones Estratégicas (Madrid: Prentice Hall).

Heizer, J.; Render, B. (2001b): Dirección de la Producción. Decisiones Tácticas (Madrid: Prentice Hall).

Krajewski, L.J.; Ritzman, L.P. (2000): Administración de Operaciones (Naucalpan de Juárez: Pearson Educación).

Larrañeta, J.C.; Onieva, L.; Lozano, S. (1988): Métodos Modernos de Gestión de la Producción (Madrid: Alianza Editorial).

Schroeder, R.G. (1992): Administración de Operaciones (México D.F.: McGraw-Hill).