Management Science and Operations Planning (VS1) (U03464)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : MSE-3-MSOP-VS1

Models for operations planning in inventory management, sequencing and scheduling, and maintenance and replacement. Introduction to the Management Science techniques of dynamic programming, queuing theory and simulation, and the application of these techniques in operations planning.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : BS0190

? Pre-requisites : Business Studies Honours entry

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Business Studies, (Management School and Economics, Schedule H)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	14:00	14:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	14:00	14:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Objectives/Learning Outcomes

Knowledge & Understanding
On completion of the course students should:
a) be able to describe the features of practical operations planning problems;
b) be able to discuss critically the practical use of the techniques covered;
c) be able to solve a range of operations planning problems using the techniques covered.

Cognitive Skills
On completion of the course students should:
a) demonstrate that they can use management science techniques;
b) demonstrate that they can discuss the results of their analysis.

Key Skills
On completion of the course students should:
a) demonstrate their ability to apply Microsoft Excel to support the analysis of operations planning problems;
b) demonstrate that they can plan and carry out a quantitative analysis of a real-world operations planning problem;
c) demonstrate that they can present the findings of a quantitative analysis in a concise written report.

Subject Specific Skills
On completion of the course students should:
a) have developed their modelling skills.