INTRODUCTION

PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Production and Operation Management

POMA is the management of systems or processes that generate or create goods and/or provide services.

THE COURSE CONTENT IN TERMS OF UNITS OF LEARNING

POMA

Intro
forecasting Design of Production

Quality OPERATING AND CONTROLLING THE SYSTEM

Text Books
1. Foundations of Operation Management by Larry P Ritzman and Lee J Krajewski ( 2003/2006 Edition Prentice Hall) For UNDERGRAD 2. Production Operations Management By William J Stevenson ( 7/8th Edition, McGraw Hill) FOR GRAD

Difference between Operations Management and Research

1. OR relies on mathematical modeling and OM relies on practical scenarios/industrial cases. 2. OR is domain and tool of Engineers while OM is considered to be one of the critical tools of Managers.

What are organizations

An organization is a business entity that can work for profit or non profit purposes to generate a value added product or service for its customers.

Why Organizations need Operations Manager

An operations Manager controls the processes by which value is added from conversion of inputs to outputs.

Sub Optimization/Synergy
Whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Efficient Vs. Effective Organization

Efficient organizations tend to focus on efficiency part. Effective organizations tend to focus on efficiency as well as productivity.