BE424-5-AU-SO:
Principles of Operations and Supply Chain Management
2023/24
Essex Business School
Southend Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 15 December 2023
15
18 July 2023
Requisites for this module
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BE224
BBA N100 Business Administration,
BBA N103 Business Administration (Including Placement Year),
BBA N104 Business Administration (Including Foundation Year),
BBA N104CO Business Administration (Including Foundation Year),
BBA N110 Business Administration (Including Year Abroad),
BSC N111 Business Administration and Supply Chain Management,
BSC N112 Business Administration and Supply Chain Management (Including Placement Year),
BSC N113 Business Administration and Supply Chain Management (Including Year Abroad),
BSC N114 Business Administration and Supply Chain Management (Including Foundation Year),
BSC N114CO Business Administration and Supply Chain Management (Including Foundation Year)
The Principles of Operations and Supply Chain Management module integrates topics from manufacturing-operations, process design, capacity and inventory planning, and supply chain management.
This module offers an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills to manage business operations and supply chain in real-world environment.
The aims of this module are:
- To provide students with a comprehensive understanding of key principles, concepts and approaches used to ensure effective management of business operations and supply chain management. The module covers an extensive range of issues including structure and scope of operations, process design, capacity and inventory management, supply chain management and quality management.
- To provide students with the opportunity to develop an understanding of key elements of Operations management and supply chain management.
- To provide thorough understanding of the complexities of managing operations and supply chain in manufacturing and service organisations.
- To develop knowledge and skills relevant to the effective management of operations and supply chain in practice.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Comprehensively understand the role of operations and supply chains in manufacturing and service organisations.
- Critically understand the principles and concepts of key elements of business operations and supply chain management.
- Identify the complexities of designing, developing and delivering efficient business operations.
- Analyse best industry practices in operations and supply chain management.
Indicative Syllabus Content
- Introduction to Operations management
- Structure and scope of operations
- Process Design
- People in Operations
- Capacity management
- Global supply chain management
- Inventory management
- Planning and Control
- Quality Management
- Review
- Individual Essay Submission
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This module will be delivered via:
- Lectures; Case studies; Class exercises; Group Work; Signposting to other resources and support.
- Lectures will follow a weekly format of 2 hours (1 hour lecture and 1 hour seminar) per week for 10 weeks.
Students will be encouraged and required to refer to a wide range of resources covering textbooks and academic peer reviewed journal articles, to build an understanding of theoretical concepts and refer to articles in business newspapers and periodicals to follow current trends and practices concerning the application of operations and supply chain management in business.
The lectures will be developed around key concepts as mentioned in the indicative module content and will use a range of examples and cases from business practice to demonstrate the application of theoretical concepts.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Individual Report |
|
100% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Debashree De, email: d.de@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Debashree De
d.de@essex.ac.uk
No
No
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Dr Oscar Rodriguez-Espindola
Aston University
Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management
Available via Moodle
Of 20 hours, 20 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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