OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Course Information
TitleΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΩΝ (ΒΙΟΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΗ ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ) / OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Code130
FacultyEngineering
SchoolMechanical Engineering
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CoordinatorGeorgios Tagaras
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID20000290

Programme of Study: UPS of School of Mechanical Engineering

Registered students: 355
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
CoreCompulsory Course636

Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours5
Class ID
600131014
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module, the students will be able to understand the importance of operations to production systems, the linkages of operations decisions to other functions, and the basic concepts and approaches for the planning and controlling of a production system together with its interfaces within the organization and with the external environment.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Make decisions
  • Design and manage projects
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction: production operations; operations strategy. Forecasting: short-term forecasts, intermediate-term forecasts, long-term forecasts; time series and causal models; constant processes; linear trend processes; seasonal processes. Design of Production Systems: product design; process selection and capacity planning; facilities layout. Operating and Controlling the Production System: long, medium and short range production planning and control; inventory management; quality management; maintenance and replacement. Feasibility study: investment proposal, estimating cash flows, evaluation of investment proposal.
Keywords
Industrial management, production operations management, forecasting, inventory management, feasibility study.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Interactive excersises
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Lectures are supported by Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentations which are available in Pdf by the digital course content (http://eclass.auth.gr/MENG130/. The laboratory work is supported by MS Excel applications.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.3
Reading Assigment953.2
Tutorial260.9
Written assigments100.3
Exams50.2
Other / Others50.2
Total1806
Student Assessment
Description
The evaluation of students (FG)(range 0-10) is based on a combination of the following marks: Final examination paper (FE), Midterm examination paper (ME), Average of 2 assignments (AA) The evaluation formula is as follows: If FE>=5 then: FG = 5 + (FE-5)*0,6 + (AA-5)*0,2 + (ME-6)*0,5 (no negative marks) If 5>FE>=4 then: FG = 4 + (AA-5)*0,2 + (ME-6)*0,5 (no negative marks) If FE<4, then: FG = FE
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Δ.Π.Ψωϊνός, 2008. Οργάνωση και Διοίκηση Εργοστασίων, Τόμος Ι «Σκοπιμότητα Δημιουργία και Σχεδίαση» και Τόμος ΙΙ «Προγραμματισμός και Ελεγχος Παραγωγής», Εκδόσεις Ζήτη, Θεσσαλονίκη. Σ. Δημητριάδης, Α. Μιχιώτης, 2007. Διοίκηση Παραγωγικών Συστημάτων, Εκδόσεις Κριτική, Αθήνα.
Additional bibliography for study
Π. Γεωργιάδης. "Τεχνικές Πρόβλεψης, Σημειώσεις από πανεπιστημιακές παραδόσεις”, ηλεκτρονική έκδοση, 2008 Π. Γεωργιάδης. "Σχεδίαση Προϊόντος, Σημειώσεις από πανεπιστημιακές παραδόσεις”, ηλεκτρονική έκδοση, 2007
Last Update
14-11-2016