Operations Management
UndergraduateRMI-LGM3402024
Course information for 2024 intake
Critique inventory management and operation design. Compare long-term and short-term planning approaches. Take in teamwork and leadership communication techniques.
Get to know manufacturing industry and service sector processes back-to-front.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Operations Management
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject you will be able to:
- Identify and evaluate the processes, tools and principles of operations management to better understand the logistics and supply chain operations.
- Explain and evaluate the quality processes in manufacturing and service sector to improve the operational performance.
- Identify future challenges and directions that relate to operations management to effectively and efficiently respond to market changes.
- Identify the processes needed to develop a new product from identifying the customer needs to delivering the final product
- Apply the tasks, tools and underlying principles of operations management in the manufacturing and service sectors to improve organisational performance.
- Please refer to RMIT University’s Learning Management System - Canvas, for further details.
This subject provides an understanding of the processes involved in manufacturing industries and service sector and includes a substantial module on designing and managing operations, inventory management, Long-term, Intermediate and short term planning, and quality management. The subject focuses on the relation of systems and technologies to the strategic direction for manufacturing operations and the function of operations planning.
This subject will equip you with the skills to analyse and apply the essential principles of business logistics. You will develop systematic and critical thinking skills to evaluate logistics and supply chain operations processes.
This subject provides you with a capstone experience, which will give you the opportunity to integrate, critically reflect on and consolidate what you have learnt in your program.
- Assessment Task 1 (Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 5) (20%)
- Assessment Task 2 (Linked CLOs: 1, 3, 4, 5) (30%)
- Assessment Task 3 (Linked CLOs: 2, 4, 5) (50%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
To help set you up for success before you start this subject, we suggest completing or having equivalent knowledge in:
RMI-LGM100-Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management (no longer available)
Others
Must complete Level 1 studies in Logistics before commencing this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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