Operations Management and Business Logistics
- UE code EINGB333
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Schedule
60Quarter 2
- ECTS Credits 5
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Language
French
- Teacher De Wolf Daniel
This course provides a general introduction to operations and supply chain management. Operations Management studies the process by which inputs of materials, labor, capital and information are transformed into products and services which the consumers are willing to pay for. These processes can be managed well or poorly. Knowledge introduced in this course will help you understand the reasons for both. Business logistics is primarily concerned with the efficient integration of suppliers, factories, warehouses and stores so that merchandise is produced and distributed in the right quantities, to the right locations and at the right time, and so as to minimize total system cost subject to service requirements. This course will introduce you with the tools used in planning and coordinating a supply chain.
The main objective of this course is to introduce tools and techniques that are needed to understand operations and supply chain processes and to provide students with the ability to analyze and continuously improve these processes.
Critical and Integrative Thinking
Each student shall be able to identify key issues in a business setting, develop a perspective that is supported with relevant information and integrative thinking, to draw and assess conclusions. Assessment: case reports, final exam
At the end of each chapter, exercise statements are provided. One or two exercises will be solved in class by students and a commented correction will be provided. Students are encouraged to complete the other exercises in the chapter on their own. A correction will be provided after the course on WebCampus.
Before the break, the concepts and methods of solving the problems will be presented. After the break, the students will be offered practical exercises and an explanatory correction will be provided.
Syllabus du cours : Gestion des opérations et logistique d'entrepris, 286 pages, version du 21 Août 2025.
Bibliography:
[1] BAGLIN G., O. BRUEL, L. KERBACHE, J. NEHME et C. VAN DELFT, Management Industriel et Logistique, 6ème Edition, Economica, Paris, 2013.
[2] GIARD V., Gestion de la production et des flux, Economica, 3ème Edition, Paris, 2003.
[3] J.O. MAC CLAIN, L.J. THOMAS et J.B. MAZZOLA, Operations Management, 3ème édition, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1992.
Training | Study programme | Block | Credits | Mandatory |
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Bachelor in Business Engineering | Standard | 0 | 5 | |
Bachelor in Business Engineering | Standard | 3 | 5 |