Title: Operations Management
 1Operations Management
Jim Hamerly, Ph.D. jhamerly_at_csusm.edu 
 2OM302
- Course Structure 
- Lectures 
- Limited class discussions  exercises 
- Textbook and online reading 
- Homework assignments 
- Almost-weekly quizzes and a comprehensive final 
 exam
- No group project 
- Breaks? 
3Required Materials
- Operations Management 7th edition, by Russell 
 and Taylor available in the bookstore and
 elsewhere
- Also required PRS clicker 
4Grade Components
- Weekly quizzes 66.67 
- closed book, closed notes 
- drop your lowest quiz score 
- makes ups permitted if requested in advance of 
 missed class
- Final exam (comprehensive) 33.33 
5OM302
- This is not a difficult class and you will do 
 well
- if and only if you 
- complete the homework 
- take quizzes 
- take the final exam 
6Grading Scale
-  A 90-100B 80-89 
-  C 70-79 
-  D 60-69 
-  F 0-59 
- Please note that there are no /- grades. 
7Informal feedback
- At the end of the class, write a 2 minute 
- anonymous journal to be handed in immediately.  
- The journal should briefly summarize 
- Major points learned 
- Areas not understood or requiring clarification
8Assignments
- I will not collect homework assignments, but will 
 be glad to review them in class, as needed, as
 well as to meet with you out of class
- Doing the assignments is the key to learning the 
 materials, you will not pass this class if you do
 not do the assignments
9What I think you expect of me
- Respond promptly to e-mail messages 
- Make a productive use of 2 hours of class time 
- Grade and test fairly 
- This is a 2 unit class, make it 2 units of work 
- Have fun while learning
10Course Materials
- http//courses.csusm.edu/om302jh/ 
- Posted weekly presentation materials prior to 
 class
- Emailed weekly to you Reading and homework 
 assignments
- I must have a valid email address for you, please 
 ensure that your email is working properly.
11Operations Management
- ... concerned with the design, planning, 
 operation, and control of systems for the
 creation of goods and services.
- This course treats operations management as a 
 functional area of an organization and examines
 its interactions with other functional areas.
12Operations Management
- Besides using real-world business applications, 
 we will also apply learned techniques to areas of
 your own life, for example
- Should I finish college? 
- Go to grad school? 
- Will a new car save me money over a used car? 
- How much should I expect to gain from the 
 lottery?
- How many canned goods should I store at home? 
- At a grocery store, which is better, two checkout 
 lanes or one checker  one bagger?
13Operations Management
- A greatly simplified example 
- ... the design, planning, operation, and creation 
 of a spaghetti dinner a good or service at the
 Hamerlys home
14Ops Mgmt at the Hamerlysplanning, operation, 
and control for the creation of dinner
sauteonions
sautegarlic
Tim
cook
serve
tomatosauce
spices
Kim
Sue
tableware
glasses
ready?
boilwater
addpasta
drain
Greg
serve
ready?
serve
dough
warm
bake
cut
Jim
openwine
serve
breathe
washlettuce
tear
drain
Peg
mix
serve
onionsgarlic
oil vinegar
tomatoes 
 15Ops Mgmt at the Hamerlysplanning, operation, 
and control for the creation of dinner
sauteonions
sautegarlic
Tim
cook
serve
tomatosauce
spices
Kim
Sue
tableware
glasses
ready?
boilwater
addpasta
drain
Greg
serve
ready?
serve
dough
warm
bake
cut
Jim
openwine
serve
breathe
washlettuce
tear
drain
Peg
mix
serve
onionsgarlic
oil vinegar
tomatoes 
 16Ops Mgmt at the Hamerlysplanning, operation, 
and control for the creation of dinner
sauteonions
sautegarlic
Tim
cook
serve
tomatosauce
spices
Kim
Sue
tableware
glasses
ready?
crush tomatoes
boilwater
addpasta
drain
Greg
serve
ready?
tomato puree
serve
dough
warm
bake
cut
tomato paste
Jim
tomatosauce
openwine
serve
breathe
oliveoil
washlettuce
tear
drain
fresh basil
Peg
mix
serve
onionsgarlic
oil vinegar
tomatoes
fresh parsley 
 17Ops Mgmt at the Hamerlys
- Medium complexity  Planning  building of a 
 home
- 2 years clearing land, 1 year of design work 
- Approximately 250,000 construction steps 
- Coordination of approximately 25 subcontractors 
18Another medium complexity example
- One mornings breakfast makings at Anaheims 
 Intl House of Pancakes
19(No Transcript) 
 20One mornings breakfast
- 7,000 pancakes 
- 5,500 eggs 
- 1,000 pounds pork 
- 600 glasses orange juice 
- 1,000 pots of coffee 
- 10 cooks 
- 18 waiters
Life April 20, 2007 
 21Another medium complexity example
- One days food on a modern cruise ship
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 23Cruise ship line Production per day
- 12,000 meals 
- 20,000 pounds of vegetables 
- 3,000 pounds of meats and seafood 
- 4,000 dinner rolls 
- 3,000 eggs 
- 3,500 packages of sugar 
- 50 gallons of ice cream
24High complexity examples
- McDonald's supplying 30,000 restaurants in 121 
 countries
- Aramark serving 100,000 meals/day for athletes, 
 staff and media at Beijing Games
- Bank of America operating 16,000 ATMs and 5,700 
 branch banks in the United States
- Federal Express operating over one million 
 drop-off mailboxes in 215 countries
- Building a new subway for Athens, Greece (2.6 
 billion)
25Operations Management
- Many seemingly simple everyday tasks are very 
 complex in nature, but repetitiveness and
 familiarity hide their complexity
- Making dinner, tying your shoes, driving to LA 
- Helping your parents setup a facebook page 
- Most real world problems demand sophisticated 
 methods at first exposure, but their complexity
 is hidden as they become familiar
26Professional Societies
- Production and Operations Management Society 
 (www.POMS.org)
- American Production and Inventory Control Society 
 (www.APICS.org)
- American Society for Quality (www.ASQ.org). 
27Approximate Course Sequence
- Introduction to Operations 
- Decision-making 
- Quality Management 
- Product Design 
- Service Design 
- Processes and Technology 
- Project Management 
- Forecasting 
- Inventory Management 
- Chapter 1 
- Chapter 1 supplement 1 
- Chapter 2 
- Chapter 4 
- Chapter 5 
- Chapter 6 
- Chapter 9 
- Chapter 12 
- Chapter 13 
28Approximate Course Sequence
- The sequence is approximate because I pace the 
 class to your learning and interests
- End of class feedback is very important!
29Operations as a Transformation Process
The transformation process should add value such 
that the output has financial value greater than 
the sum of the inputs 
 30Operations as a Transformation Process
The transformation process should add value such 
that the output has financial value greater than 
the sum of the inputs 
 31Cooking as a Transformation Process
Note that if the cook is any good, the OUTPUT 
will be more highly valued than the sum of the 
INPUTS.
Ready?
Feedback 
 32Transformation Processes
Transformation Industry Physical manufacturing Loc
ational transport/warehouse Exchange retail Physio
logical health care Psychological entertainment In
formational communications 
 33Historical OM Example
  341994 OM questions that led to ECommerce
- In the purchase of a product or service, how can 
 we
- Permit buyers to more easily find sellers? 
- Increase the product selection choice (10X, 
 100X)?
- Provide detailed information about the product? 
- Find out what previous buyers thought? 
- Make the transaction much more convenient? 
- Reduce the delivery time? Track its delivery? 
- All while reducing the overall cost?
35A New Value Chain
(a) Traditional Value Chain
(b) Intermediaries Eliminated (Disintermediation)
(b) New Intermediaries Introduced 
(Reintermediation) 
 36Value Chain Feedback
(a) Traditional Value Chain 
 37The Growth of E-Commerce
1000B  800B  600B  400B  200B 
B2B B2C
      2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Year
 still only about 2 of retail sales 
 38E-Commerce Promotes
- Lower cost of materials 
- More efficient processes 
- Faster, better decision making 
- Expanded supply chains 
- Better supplier-customer relations 
- New forms of organizations 
- New ways of doing business 
- Globalization 
39E-Commerce
- is a direct result of applying operations 
- management principles to the delivery of 
- goods and services to customers
40Sample Operational Issues
- Forecasting Demand for products? Sales 
 patterns?
- Finance How much capital do we need? 
- HR How many employees do we need? What skills? 
- Location, Distribution and Transportation Where 
 is the best location for an operation? How big
 should facilities be?
- Inventory How much stock should we hold? When do 
 we order more? How much should we order?
- Queuing How long are our waiting lines? How many 
 servers should we use? What service level are we
 giving?