Section outline

  • Aims of the topic

    The aim of this topic is to analyze the role of supply chain management in the performance of an organization and to analyze the quality management in production and operations including inventory management and the use the break-even analysis as a tool in deciding between alternative products .

    Learning outcomes of the Topic

    At the completion Students should be able to:

    • Explain supply chain management processes 
    • Illustrate on plant layout and location
    • Define Total quality management
    • Explain six stigma
    What students should do?

    E-tivity 3.1; E-tivity 3.2; E-tivity 3.3

    1. N. Slack, S. Chambersand and R. Johnston (2007). Operations Management, Fifth edition, New York;
    2. Slides of Chapter Three of Production and Operations Management Module.
    • Topic three: Operations and value chain File PPTX
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    • E-tivity 3.1: Asssignment 3 Assignment
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    • Quiz 3
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      This quiz will cover topic 3 and it will be attempted on Monday 28/12/2020 from 08:00Am to Tuesday 29/12/2020 at 22:00Pm

    • E-TIVITY 3:1 Assignment
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      This assignment covers topic 2&3 and it will be submitted on Friday 08/01/2021 at 06:00Pm

    • Quiz 3B
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      This quiz will cover topic 3 and it will be attempted on Thursday 07/01/2021 at 08:00Am to 04:00Pm. This will be attempted by only 8 students who had issues with the system during the previous quiz in this topic.

    • Topic 3 Quiz
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      This quiz covers topic 3 and it will be attempted on Thursday 24/11/2022 at 07:00Am to Saturday 26/11/2022 at 23:59 midnight.

    • Quiz 3
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      This quiz is for students who had issues with previous one. it will cover topic 3,  it starts today evening and closing will be Tuesday 24/01/2023 at 06:00Pm.