Operations & Info Management 420 - High Performance Organizations

Spring
2020
02
3.00
Michele Burch
TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
47442
School of Management N145
mburch@isenberg.umass.edu
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.
Open to OIM majors. Pre Req: OIM 301 OIM majors should monitor the course via SPIRE for seat availability. If you add yourself to the SPIRE wait list, please ensure you do not enroll in a course that conflicts with this course.
https://spire.umass.edu
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.