35A00210

Operations Management
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Course contents
Course objective and main goals
Lectures, math hours, homework
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Course objective and focus
Focus in fi rms internal
operati ons
- strategic and cross-functional views
not forgotten either
Practical perspective
- numbers and models also
emphasized
The objective of the course is to familiarize students
with the decisions made in the management of
operations and help to understand and analyze
operational issues in practice.
https:/ / noppa.aalto.fi/ noppa/ kurssi/ 35a00210
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Lectures and math hours
Number of content lectures 22
Lecture material is important
Seven math oriented sessions
- problems mostly from the text book
- Questions will be posted beforehand, answers
afterwards
- Partly showing how to calculate, partly you practicing
yourself
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Course texth book
Krajewski, Ritzman and
Malhotra 10
th
edition
Operati ons Management
- typical American brick(850 pages)
- useful especially in doing weekend
packages (also belongs to exam
material)
Electronic textbook
available via MyOMlab
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Weekend packages and case
Six weekend packages totaling 34 points
- includes only math problems
- a package could take up to 10 hours to complete
- Individual exercise
- Each pack worth between 5 and 7 points depending on scope, see
course syllabus
Consulting case 6 points
- Real-life case prepared by Bearingpoint
- Group size 3 to 4 students
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Final exam
Tough, 4-hour, final exam totali ng 60 points
- the exam includes both text and numerical questions
- you have to pass the exam to pass the course (min 40%)
Doing good work already duri ng the course the
best way to prepare for the exam
12 TUTA 13-0-13
Grade 5
- 83-100 points
Grade 4
- 73-83 points
Grade 3
- 63-73 points
Grade 2
- 53-63 points
Grade 1
- 40-53 points
Grade 0
- Below40% fromexercises or exam
Grading
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Course introduction
MyOmlab portal
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1. Read book chapt er (s)
2. Take qui zzes and t est s
3. Pr ac t i c e at your l evel
4. Compl et e t he assi gnment
i .e. weekend pack age
1.
2.
3.
4.
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Ever yone has ac c ess t o t ex t book
Li br ar y has har d c opi es
Ear l i er edi t i ons most l y ok t oo, mi nor
di f f er enc es
Cl assi c t o i ncl ude i n your book shel f ?
Suppl ement s F, G, H, I and J
1. Read t he c our se book
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Conduc t sampl e t est s and qui zzes bef or e
St udy Pl an -t r ai ni ng
Unl i mi t ed r et r i es
Model answer s and ot her assi st anc e
avai l abl e
Gr adebook Sc or e = t r ac k your
devel opment , does not i mpac t gr ade
2. Take a qui z/t est
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3. Pr ac t i c e at your l evel
Pr ac t i c e and f ol l ow your devel opment
Pr ac t i c e f or t he weekend pack ages
Pr ac t i c e f or t he ex am
4. Complete the assignment
General:
- The only grade-impact part of the portal
- Unique packages: randomised numbers, shuffled exercises
- Submitdeadline always Mondays at 23.59, no flexibility
- Weekendpackage (almost) each week, total 6 =34% of grade
Avoid the pitfalls
- No time limit, can be done in parts, Save for later, but always finish
an exercise before clicking this
- Do not click through all at once, only 1 attempt for each exercise
- Remember to use dot ( . ) as the decimal separator
- Portal has approx. 1 h inactive period before closing
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Registering for MyOMlab
Registration information has been sent in a separate
email with instructions
- If you have not registered yet, do it today!
- If you did not receive the codes and instructions, let the lecturer knowimmediately!
Begin training and assignments:
- http://pearsonmylabandmastering.com/
- Note: 1st deadline Monday 25th of March
Problems?
- Contact Katri or Pearsononline-support
- Portal log-inpage also has a lot of tutorials and guidance
- Note: deadlines are not flexible
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