Department of Business / BS (Honors)

BUSN-360 Project & Operations Management

Prepared 02-Aug-19 Reviewed 20-Aug-19

Fall/Spring and Year: Fall 2019

Credits: 3

Schedule

• Duration: Lecture Time 50 Minutes

• Number of Lectures/Sessions: 3 Lectures per Week (42 Sessions)
• Class Schedule Days and Timings:
Section C: 8:00 am to 8:50 am on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays
Section F: 9:00 am to 9:50 am on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays
Section D: 11:00 am to 11:50 am on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays
• Venue – Location/Room: E Building – E-331(Section F & C) & E-205(Section D)

Instructor

• Name: Muhammad Salman Bilal (MSB)

• Office Hours and Location:
10:00 am to 11:00 am & 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm on Mondays at E-318
10:00 am to 11:00 am & 12:00 noon to 3:30 pm on Wednesdays at E-318
10:00 am to 11:00 am on Fridays at E-318

• Contact: salmanbilal@fccollege.edu.pk and Extension: 318

Course Description

• Introducing fundamentals of Management in Operations perspectives and extending

concept by focusing on Projects in Waterfall as well as Agile Scenarios
• Comprehending different associated knowledge streams of Business Analysis, Portfolio
Project Management, Program driven Value Delivery in perspective with the Operations
Management through Projectized initiatives
• ‘Plant Selection & Facility Layout’ related standard practices & trends
• Basic concepts of Productivity, Just-In-Time, Scheduling, Toyota Production System, Total
Quality Management, Capacity Planning, Operational Strategies, & Lean Manufacturing
• Internal dynamics of ‘Inventory Management’ while focusing at ‘Aggregate Planning’
• Inter-relating Master Production Schedule, Material Requirement Planning, Manufacturing
Resource Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning for intelligent decision making
• ‘Supply Chain Management’ for the whole Business chain from Lean as well as Agile
Supply Chain scenarios within Operations Management
• Understanding Le-gile Operations with focus on HR, Communication & Stakeholders
• Understanding ‘Safety, Environmental issues & criticality’ with respect to Operations

Instructor M Salman Bilal

Learning Objectives
To equip business graduates with contemporary knowledge of latest trends & emerging challenges
of the Business World by understanding Operations’ co-ordination with Marketing & Finance through
Academics (Books) and also learning the best practices established by IIBA® Canada & PMI® USA in
consistent with local industrial norms by studying Case Studies & conducting Class Activities.
• To differentiate between Projects & Operations and to understand the importance of Productivity
• Knowing SCM, Inventory Management, Scheduling and Maintenance concepts along with JIT,
Lean & TPS for seamless Operations of Manufacturing as well as Services industries
• To develop Aggregate Planning constituents for effective Operations & to evolve AP to MPS to
MRP-1/2 to ERP-1/2

Pre-Requisite
BUSN-170

Course Outline:

1. Week 1: Basics
§ Reading (essential): Chapter 1
Operations Management, 12th Edition by Heizer, Render, Pearson Press
§ Slides Handout
§ Lecture & Class Activity

2. Week 2: Strategic Interconnectivity

§ Reading (essential): Chapter 2
Operations Management, 12th Edition by Heizer, Render, Pearson Press
BABOK® by PMI® USA Selective Readings
§ Slides Handout
§ Lecture & Discussion
§ Assignment - 1

3. Week 3: Project Management Fundamentals

§ Reading (essential): Chapter 3
Operations Management, 12th Edition by Heizer, Render, Pearson Press
PMBOK® Ver 6 Selective Readings
§ Slides Handout
§ Lecture & Quiz-1
§ Assignment - 2

4. Week 4: Quality Management for Operational Excellence

§ Reading: Slides Set
Operations Management, 12th Edition by Heizer, Render, Pearson Press
§ Lecture & Class Activity

5. Week 5: Plants & Layouts

§ Reading (essential): Chapter 8 & 9
Operations Management, 12th Edition by Heizer, Render, Pearson Press
§ Slides Handout
§ Lecture & Quiz-2
§ Assignment - 3

Instructor M Salman Bilal

 6. Week 6: Capacity Decisions
§ Reading: Slides Set
Operations Management, 12th Edition by Heizer, Render, Pearson Press
§ Lecture & Class Activity

7. Week 7: SCM & Inventory

§ Reading (essential): Chapter 11 &12
Operations Management, 12th Edition by Heizer, Render, Pearson Press
§ Lecture & Quiz-3

8. Week 8: Mid Term Exam

• Reading: Case
• Mid Term Exam & Review
• Allocation of Projects (Group Activities)

9. Week 9: MPS to MRP-1 to MRP-2

§ Reading (essential): Chapter 14
Operations Management, 12th Edition by Heizer, Render, Pearson Press
§ Lecture & Facilitated Workshop
§ Assignment - 4

10. Week 10: ERP-1/2

§ Reading (essential): Chapter 14
Operations Management, 12th Edition by Heizer, Render, Pearson Press
§ Lecture & Case Study
§ Project Presentation

11. Week 11: JIT, Lean

§ Reading (essential): Chapter 16
Operations Management, 12th Edition by Heizer, Render, Pearson Press
§ Lecture & Quiz-4
§ Project Presentation

12. Week 12: TPS & Maintenance

§ Reading (essential): Chapter 16 & 17
Operations Management, 12th Edition by Heizer, Render, Pearson Press
§ Lecture & Discussion
§ Project Presentation

13. Week 13: Scheduling (CPM & Johnson’s rule)

§ Reading (essential): Chapter 15
Operations Management, 12th Edition by Heizer, Render, Pearson Press
§ Lecture & Case Study
§ Project Presentation

14. Week 14: Risk Management (Operations Safety)

§ Reading: Slides
Operations Management, 12th Edition by Heizer, Render, Pearson Press
§ Lecture & Quiz-5
§ Project Presentation

Instructor M Salman Bilal

Assessment/Grade Distribution:

1. Attendance / Class Participation: 5%

2. Academic Integrity (FCCU Core Values): 5%
3. Quiz (Best 3): 10%
4. Assignments (Object Oriented-ness & Lean): 15 %
5. Project (Presentation & Report): 20 %
6. Mid-Term Exam: 20%
7. Final Exam: 25%

Instructor M Salman Bilal