MATHEMATICS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
LOG3711 | Logistics Operations Management | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. YAVUZ GÜNALAY |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi LEVENT AKSOY |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | none |
Course Objectives: | Students are exposed to different processes seen in logistics operations, and their importance both at the strategic and operational levels. Differences as well as similarities among manufacturing and service operations are discussed. Basic management tools used at the operational level of logistics institutions are presented. Moreover, students are asked to prepare a team project on one of the course topics of their choice. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; I. Be familiar with the basic Operations Management terminology, and describe the similarities and differences of goods and service operations II. Define Mission-Strategy relationship and describe operations/production strategies. III. Define logistics operations. IV. Identify different location and distribution models and compare them. V. Identify logistics and supply chain networks VI. Define supply chain and why bullwhip effect occurs. VII. Define capacity and aware of different capacity management models. VIII. Be familiar of benefits and risks of inventory and inventory management techniques. IX. Define waste and lean production. X. Describe quality and different quality management tools. |
Description of Operations Management and Operations Strategy. Discussion of basic topics in logistics operations, such as design of supply networks, location and layout, capacity management, inventory management, lean management, and quality. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | What is operations? Importance of Operation Management. | |
2) | Mission-Goal-Strategy. Operations strategy. | Pre-reading |
3) | Performance of operations. | Pre-reading |
4) | Design of services and goods. | pre-reading |
5) | Process design. | Pre-reading |
6) | Decision of location and layout | Pre-reading |
7) | Supply chain management. | Pre-reading |
8) | Capacity management. | Pre-reading |
9) | Review | |
10) | Inventory management. | Pre-reading |
11) | Planning, scheduling and ERP | pre-reading |
12) | Lean management. | Pre-reading |
13) | Quality management. | Pre-reading |
14) | Operations improvement and review |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Russell and Taylor, Operations Management,: Creating Value along the Supply Chain, 7th Ed., Wiley, 2011. (ISBN:9780470646236) |
References: | Stevenson W. L., Operations Management, 9th Ed., McGraw Hill, 2007. Heizer, J, and B. Render, Operations Management, 10h Ed., Pearson Education, 2011. (ISBN:0-13-607366-2) |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 10 | % 10 |
Quizzes | 7 | % 10 |
Project | 1 | % 25 |
Midterms | 1 | % 25 |
Final | 1 | % 30 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 45 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 55 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 64 |
Presentations / Seminar | 4 | 12 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 |
Total Workload | 122 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To have a grasp of basic mathematics, applied mathematics and theories and applications in Mathematics | |
2) | To be able to understand and assess mathematical proofs and construct appropriate proofs of their own and also define and analyze problems and to find solutions based on scientific methods, | |
3) | To be able to apply mathematics in real life with interdisciplinary approach and to discover their potentials, | |
4) | To be able to acquire necessary information and to make modeling in any field that mathematics is used and to improve herself/himself, | 4 |
5) | To be able to tell theoretical and technical information easily to both experts in detail and non-experts in basic and comprehensible way, | |
6) | To be familiar with computer programs used in the fields of mathematics and to be able to use at least one of them effectively at the European Computer Driving Licence Advanced Level, | |
7) | To be able to behave in accordance with social, scientific and ethical values in each step of the projects involved and to be able to introduce and apply projects in terms of civic engagement, | |
8) | To be able to evaluate all processes effectively and to have enough awareness about quality management by being conscious and having intellectual background in the universal sense, | 4 |
9) | By having a way of abstract thinking, to be able to connect concrete events and to transfer solutions, to be able to design experiments, collect data, and analyze results by scientific methods and to interfere, | |
10) | To be able to continue lifelong learning by renewing the knowledge, the abilities and the competencies which have been developed during the program, and being conscious about lifelong learning, | |
11) | To be able to adapt and transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of mathematics ; such as algebra, analysis, number theory, mathematical logic, geometry and topology to the level of secondary school, | |
12) | To be able to conduct a research either as an individual or as a team member, and to be effective in each related step of the project, to take role in the decision process, to plan and manage the project by using time effectively. |