ITEC-618 Applied Production and Operations Management

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This course provides an introduction to production and operations management (POM), the process of managing people and resources in order to produce goods or provide services. Decisions related to forecasting, aggregate planning, facility location, project scheduling, inventory control, and supply chain management are discussed. Considerable emphasis is placed on the development of models to represent POM decision problems and the use of analytical tools and software to support the POM function. Prerequisite: ITEC-610 and enrollment in MBA program, or permission of instructor.