3.00 Credits
This course will introduce critical elements in a modern production and delivery manufacturing environment. Business reengineering, quality management, time-based competition, value added process, and global operations will be studied. Systems analysis concepts will be used to develop processes and solve management problems that require optimal resource solutions. Emphasis will be on the identification of the problem structure and the design of processes that generate the supply of goods and services under a given management strategy. Cross-functional integration in accounting, finance, marketing, human resource management, purchasing, logistics, and general principles of facilities and job design will be analyzed. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and other applications will be used to integrate the various elements associated with production and operations. This is an ERP infused course.