AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of Agribusiness
& Supply Chain Management
& Supply Chain Management
2. Product design and development of production systems
3. Forecasting methods
4. Capacity Planning & Job Measurement
5. Select installation location
6. Spatial planning
7. Production Planning & Planning
8. Inventory management
9. Project management principles
10. Quality management principles
11. Reliability and maintenance
12. MRP and ERP systems,
13. The simple processes (JIT), Scheduling, Crisis management / emergency response-Case Studies
A combination of teaching and learning methods will be used, aiming at the active participation of the students and the practical application of the thematic units under examination; there will also be lectures using audiovisual media, discussions, and analyses of case studies on real business issues, experiential (group) activities, as well as projections of relevant videos.
The students will also undertake an individual or group project. Furthermore, articles, audiovisual lecture materials, web links/addresses, useful information, case studies and exercises for further practice are posted in digital form on the AUA Open e-Class platform.
The aim of the course is:
• To introduce students to the planning, programming, organizing and control of the production process.
• To explain to students how raw materials with processes are converted into products, with the right combination of appropriate production factors.
• To encourage the understanding of the basic principles, methods and practices for solving the problems of organizing the modern production process.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
• Understand the importance of operating product production and / or service delivery within the business value chain
• Recognizes the need for planning in operations management
• Describe and apply short-, medium- and long-term planning techniques for operations management.
• Understand in depth the concept of quality and efficient management of resources in operations management
• Combine all types of information sources to extract information
• Analyze and evaluate components of specific operating systems and present their findings in writing, individually or through participation and collaboration with peers in small groups
• Apply theoretical knowledge for designing and programming operating systems using IT tools
General Competences:
• Working independently
• Teamwork
• Decision-making
• Search, analyze and synthesize data and information, using the necessary technologies
• Project design and management
• Production of free, creative and inductive thinking
● Reid D.R. & Sanders N.R. (2022). Διοίκηση Επιχειρησιακών Λειτουργιών, Εκδ. ΠΡΟΠΟΜΠΟΣ, ISBN: 9789607860996
● Δημητριάδης Γ. Σ., & Μιχιώτης Ν. Α. (2020). Διοίκηση Παραγωγικών Συστημάτων, Αθήνα: ΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ.
● Κουλουριώτης Δ. & Ξανθόπουλος Α. (2019). Διοίκηση Παραγωγής και Επιχειρησιακών Λειτουργιών: Σχεδιασμός, Προγραμματισμός και Έλεγχος σε Συστήματα Παραγωγής και Υπηρεσιών, Θεσσαλονίκη: ΤΖΙΟΛΑ.
Suggested Bibliography in English Language:
● Lee Krajewski, Manoj Malhotra, Larry Ritzman (2018) Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains (What's New in Operations Management) 12th Edition, Pearson
● Sushil Gupta, Martin Starr (2014) Production and Operations Management Systems 1st Edition, CRC Press
● Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Chuck Munson (2016) Principles of Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management 10th Edition, Pearson
● William Stevenson (2020) Operations Management, McGraw-Hill Education; 14th edition
● Edward A. Silver, David F. Pyke, Douglas J. Thomas (2021) Inventory and Production Management in Supply Chains 4th Edition, CRC Press
● F. Robert Jacobs, William Berry, D Whybark, Thomas Vollmann (2018) Manufacturing Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management: The CPIM Reference, Second Edition 2nd
Edition, McGraw Hill.
Related academic Journals:
● International Journal of Operations & Production Management
● Production and Operations Management
● Journal of Operations Management
● Operations Management Research
Instructor's Notes
