PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

The course is designed to provide students with the ability to understand basic Operations management concepts required in business operations. It orients students to theoretical and practical operations management issues required in business operations. The course brings out issues such as; Quality management, capacity planning and inventory management.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Objectives or Aims:The course will help the students to achieve the following objectives:

• Understand the nature of operations management in given business settings
• Explain the transformation process in business operations
• Understand project management techniques
• Describe capacity and quality management techniques in different organization
• Determine appropriate inventory management techniques.