General information


Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Jesus Ezequiel Martínez Marín

Trimester: Second term

Credits: 4

Teaching staff: 

Manuel Guerris Larruy

Teaching languages


L'assignatura s'impartirà en català o castellà. There are materials from those used in the subject that are in English.

Skills


Specific skills
  • Show knowledge and skills for the coordination of the departments of purchasing, supply, production and distribution of a product to any company, analyzing different types of techniques

  • Select and use quantitative instruments for decision making and contrasting economic hypotheses

Description


Operations within the company are the backbone to transform different types of resources into products and services and are also present in all business functions.

 

This subject introduces the student to the field of management of the operations carried out by companies in order to obtain the product -good or service- that they offer to the market.

 

Scheduled content includes the necessary knowledge that affects the strategy of the operating system and the knowledge to manage the system.

 

This subject has methodological and digital resources to make possible its continuity in non-contact mode in the case of being necessary for reasons related to the Covid-19. In this way, the achievement of the same knowledge and skills that are specified in this teaching plan will be ensured.

The TecnoCampus will make available to teachers and students the digital tools needed to carry out the course, as well as guides and recommendations that facilitate adaptation to the non-contact mode.

Learning outcomes


The student will be able to:

  • Understand the activities that make up the ordinary processes of the unit of operations in line with business strategy
  • Define and size basic business operations.
  • Assume the need to make ethical business decisions with criteria of productivity and profitability

Working methodology


The methodology to be used will be based on:

  • Face-to-face content presentation sessions
  • Didactic videos of practical examples of companies and their operations
  • Solving exercises proposed to students
  • Exhibitions made by students

Contents


  • The company and the operations subsystem
    • The company as a set of systems
    • Description of the different systems
    • Operations and their relationship with other systems

 

  • The operations strategy
    • What are operations
    • Components of operations
    • Productivity and competitiveness

 

  • Forecasts
    • Definition of forecast
    • Demand components
    • Forecasting methods

 

  • Production planning and scheduling
    • Differences between planning and programming
    • Aggregate planning design
    • Basic programming methods

 

  • Selection and design of the process and distribution in plant
    • Types of processes and their characteristics
    • Advantages and disadvantages
    • Distribution in plant

 

  • Long-term capacity
    • Long-term capacity challenges
    • Methods of definition

 

  • Challenges of the decision to locate productive entities
    • Location methods

 

  • Production strategies
    • Manufacturing in projects
    • Workshop manufacturing
    • Manufacturing in process
    • Lean production

 

  • Quality management and continuous improvement
    • What is quality
    • The quality process
    • The process of continuous improvement

 

  • Supply and inventory management
    • Types of stocks and functions
    • The supply function
    • Inventory management methods
    • The MRP

 

  • Distribution strategies
    • DRP
    • ECR, CPRF

 

  • Project management
    • What is a project
    • Basic definition of a project
    • Control of a project

Learning activities


The activities that will be developed during the course are:

- Class exercises

- Group work on the analysis of a company from the point of view of operations

Evaluation system


The subject will be composed and evaluated according to the different concepts:

  • EF: Examination of theoretical and practical concepts
  • AE: Activities and exercises proposed to students
  • BT: Group work

 

The final grade (NF) will be calculated using the expression NF = 0,55 EF + 0,15 AE + 0,3 TG. To successfully pass the subject, EF must be equal to or greater than 5 out of 10 and NF equal to or greater than 5 out of 10. In the event that any of the above conditions are not met, the student may exercise his right of recovery. .

Recovery: Only the final exam mark can be recovered (55%). A minimum grade of 5 out of 10 will be required to complete the grade point average. That is, in recovery the same variables (examination and continuous assessment) with the same weights are maintained.


A student who has not applied for the first call CANNOT apply for recovery.

 

Competencies will be assessed as follows:

 

Competition

Evaluation method

G1

Note G1 = TG

G4

Note G4 = TG

G5

Note G5 = TG

E3

Note E3 = EF

E10

Note E10 = AE

 

REFERENCES


Basic

Domínguez Machuca / Álvarez Gil / García González / Ruíz Jiménez: Operations Management. Strategic aspects in production and services. Mc. Graw-Hill. Madrid, 1995.

Heizer / Render: Production management. Strategic decisions. (Eleventh edition). Prentice Hall. Madrid, 2015.

Heizer / Render: Production management. Tactical decisions. (Eleventh edition). Prentice Hall. Madrid, 2015

Heizer / Render / Munson. Principles of Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, Global Edition 2020

 

Domínguez Machuca / Álvarez Gil / García González / Ruíz Jiménez: Operations Management. Tactical aspects in production and services. Mc. Graw-Hill. Madrid, 1995.