Information and Decision Sciences

IDS 450 Advanced Operations Management

Credit hours 3 - Undergraduate 4-Graduate
Catalog description Application of management science to the operation and control of production, distribution, and service systems. Emphasis on inventory management, production planning, capacity expansion, and demand forecasting.
Key topics
  • Introduction
  • Operations Strategy
  • Forecasting
  • Aggregate Planning
  • Materials Management
  • Inventory Control
  • Job shop scheduling
  • Just-in-time production & line balancing
  • Scheduling in Service Operations
  • Simulation
  • Project Control
  • Quality Assurance
  • Facility location and layout
Prerequisites for this course IDS 371
Course(s) for which this is a prerequisite IDS 454
Required course for Core course for IDS Majors
Elective course for None
Frequency of offering Fall, Spring, Summer
Recent offerings, instructors, syllabi Spring 2008 Lee
Fall 2006 Lee
Planned offerings Spring 2006, Thomas Lee
Cross-listings None
Archived Syllabi
Comments In addition to the lecture students must take a computer lab