BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS

Code Cours
2324-IÉSEG-M1S1-OPS-MA-EI78UE
Language of instruction
English
Teaching content
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Training officer(s)
L.ZHANG
Stakeholder(s)
Linda ZHANG
Level
Master
Program year
Period

Présentation

Prerequisite
The prerequisites for this course are as follows:
(1) The students must have acquired background knowledge of production/operations management.
(2) The students must have sufficient knowledge of mathematics, statistics, and probability distribution.
Goal
At the end of the course , the student should be able to:

- Design processes to serve customers in a timely fashion while maintaining high productivity (AOL-3.B),
- Understand the role of demand forecasting and generate forecasts using suitable forecasting techniques (AOL-6.B, AOL-2.C),
- Understand and further select suitable quantitative models to control processes such as high product quality can be maintained (AOL-3.A, AOL-2.C, AOL-6.A),
- Understand the reasons for queues often seen in business processes and develop quantitative approaches to reduce queues (AOL-2.C, AOL-3.A, AOL-6.A).
Presentation
• Process analysis and selection
• Demand forecasting
• Statistical process control
• Process capability
• Waiting line management

Modalités

Organization
Type Amount of time Comment
Présentiel
Cours interactif 16,00 Lecturing, watching video clips, in class exercises
Autoformation
Lecture du manuel de référence 8,00
Travail personnel
Charge de travail personnel indicative 4,00
Group Project 4,00
Overall student workload 32,00
Evaluation
*Assessment will be based on participation to class discussions, solution to group projects, and a final exam.

*Feedback will be given either face-to-face or in written communcations.
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Contrôle continu
Participation 0,00 4 20,00
Autres
Projet Collectif 0,00 1 30,00
Examen (final)
Examen écrit 2,00 1 50,00
TOTAL 100,00

Ressources

Bibliography
There are no compulsory textbooks for this course. The below books are recommended for reading. Operations Management, W.J. Stevenson, 10th Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2009, ISBN: 0070091773, 9780070091771. (Other editions are fine as well.) -

(For demand forecasting, statistical process control, and process capability)

An Introduction to Management Science: Quantitative Approaches to Decision Making, D.R. Anderson, Sweeney, D.J., William, T.A., Camm, J.D., and Martin, R.K., 13th Edition, South-Western Gengage Learning, 2011, ISBN-13: 978-1111532222. -

(Other editions are fine as well.) (For waiting line management)

Internet resources