Operations Management (ISL509) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Operations Management ISL509 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type N/A
Course Level Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Prof. Dr. Erman Erkan
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This course aims to give the concepts, principles, problems, and practices of successful operations management. Emphasis is focused on preparing students to identify and apply appropriate management processes to ensure efficient, effective, and quality oriented operations, while achieving operational excellence.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • To analyze production systems and components and make managerial decisions.
  • Making decisions by realizing demand forecasting with the help of quantitative methods.
Course Content Demand forecasting, project management, quality management, supply chain management, planning and scheduling, and inventory management, materials resource planning (MRP), enterprise resource planning (ERP) as well as modern production techniques such as lean production, just-in-time production.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction Kobu, B. ch. 1
2 Operations Strategy Kobu, B. ch. 2
3 Productivity and Performance / Performance Evaluation Methods. Kobu, B. ch. 3
4 Cost models in Operations Management. Üreten, S. ch.2
5 Presentations
6 Product Design Kobu,ch.5
7 Process Design Üreten.ch.5
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Simulation in Operations Management/ Applications. Top, A., Yılmaz, E. ch 5-A Üreten, S. ch 5
10 Simulation applications in Excel.
11 Queuing or Waiting Line Analysis. Top, A., Yılmaz, E. ch 4-E
12 Forecasting Top, A., Yılmaz, E. ch 4-A Kobu, B. ch 5
13 Application of Demand Forecating Models in Excel
14 Statistical Quality Control and Total Quality Management Top, A., Yılmaz, E. ch 4-D Kobu, B.ch 17
15 presentations
16 Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. Üreten, Sevinç (1998) Üretim / İşlemler Yönetimi – Planlama-Denetim Kararları, Karar Modelleri ve İyileştirme Yaklaşımları, THK Basımevi, Ankara
2. Kobu, Bülent (2003) Üretim Yönetimi, 11. Baskı, Avcıol Basım
3. Top, Aykut ve Yılmaz,ü Erdal (2013) Üretim Yönetimi, İdeal Kültür Yayıncılık, İstanbul
Other Sources 4. Heizer, J. , Render, B. (2011), Operations Management, Prentice-Hall, 10th edition.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 40
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 60
Toplam 2 100
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses X
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Obtaining wide knowledge about both Turkey and Global World Trade along with economics.
2 Increasing skills on trade and logistics by getting modern and current trade and logistics knowledge.
3 Getting current extensive knowledge about international business, global marketing, international distribution, international management, logistics, microeconomics, macroeconomics, international economics and policy, international trade theory, foreign trade regulation, customs procedures, international marketing research and international investment.
4 Getting analytical and conceptual foresight and evaluation skills on international business, international logistics, international economics, international trade.
5 Getting knowledge about logistics, distribution channels and its sub chanelles, wholesaling and retailing, on an international level.
6 Getting opportunity working in current positions and being candidate upper positions in the future along with international trade and logistics field.
7 Getting opportunity to evaluate international business, trade and economics along with global perspective.
8 Getting wide knowledge about export and import transactions and their applications.
9 Improving management skills by the knowledge that is usable in daily life.
10 Getting knowledge about international trade law and regulations.
11 Getting a wider perspective and evaluating opportunities on macro environment of international business.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 40 40
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 40 40
Total Workload 128