Operations & Info Management 420 - High Performance Organizations
Fall
2012
01
3.00
Michele Burch
TU TH 11:15AM 12:30PM
UMass Amherst
61354
Recent advances in the areas of productivity and quality improvement. Specific topics include all or some of: ISO 9000, Total Quality Management, Lean Thinking, Materials Requirements Planning (MRP), and miscellaneous techniques from Just-in-Time. If time permits, topics from one or more of the American Production and Inventory Control Society's (APICS) certification exams for the CPIM (the Operations Management counterpart to the CPA in accounting). Includes team field project at a local company.
This class is open to BBA-Operations & Information Managment majors and to BBA-Finance and Operations Mgmt plan with a subplan in Operations Management only. Pre Req: FINOPMGT 347 & 353