Information Package / Course Catalogue
Operations Management
Course Code: ULT318
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to teach the concepts, techniques and methods that will help in the design, analysis and improvement of various operations in businesses. This introductory course provides a broad study of the key operations functions in service and manufacturing organizations. Operations Management covers the basic management information and methods necessary for the planning, coordinating, and controlling of all activities to design, produce and deliver quality goods and services to customers on time in most efficient way and at lowest cost.

Course Content

Fundamentals of Operations management; • Introduction to Operations management • Classification of Production and Service Systems • Process management and Productivity • Process design • Supply Chain Management • Location Strategy • Forecasting • Inventory Management • Production Planning (MES, MPS, MRP, ERP, JIT) • Production Scheduling

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To gain theoretic knowledge on basic management functions such as accounting, finance, marketing, production management, management and organization and on quantitative methods applied in management
2.To be able to apply the gained knowledge to design a processes related to business functions at every stage in line with a defined target
3.To be able to recognize problems encountered in companies and to collect, organize, analyze and interpret qualitative and quantitative data for problem solving
4.To be able to use basic information technologies related to management
5.To have basic knowledge about management science and its relationship with other disciplines (economics, law, information management systems, numerical sciences, industrial engineering etc.) and to use this information in the field of management,
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Operations Management, William J Stevenson, McGraw-Hill
2.Tedarik Zinciri Yönetimi En İyi Uygulamalar, David Blanchard, Nobel Akademik Yay.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to Operations management, Basic Concepts, Classification of Production and Services
Week 2 - Theoretical
Process management, Process Productivity
Week 3 - Theoretical
Process design, Process performance- Process flow analysis, Queuing analysis
Week 4 - Theoretical
Location strategies
Week 5 - Theoretical
Inventory management-(Inventory models for ındependent Demand, EOQ, POQ)
Week 6 - Theoretical
Location strategies/ Homework 1
Week 7 - Theoretical
Forecasting (qualitative Methods, associative Forecasting Methods)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Forecasting (Time-Series Forecasting, Trend projections, Seasonality, Forecasting Error
Week 9 - Theoretical
Forecasting (Time-Series Forecasting, Trend projections, Seasonality, Forecasting Error
Week 10 - Theoretical
Production planning (Aggregate Planning Strategies, Capacity Planning)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Production planning (Aggregate Planning Strategies, Capacity Planning)
Week 12 - Theoretical
Production planning(MPS Master Production Schedule and MRP Material Resource Planning) / Homework-3
Week 13 - Theoretical
Production planning(MPS, MRP; Lot-sizing techniques, Lot-size optimization: Order Quantity Heuristic)
Week 14 - Theoretical
Production planning(MPS, MRP Lot-sizing techniques, Lot-size optimization: Silver-Meal-Heuristic, JIT)/ Homework 4
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment2%2
Midterm Examination1%38
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory132365
Assignment2204
Individual Work130226
Midterm Examination123124
Final Examination133134
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)153
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
3
5
4
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-2
4
5
5
3
3
3
4
5
OÇ-3
3
3
3
5
3
3
3
3
OÇ-4
3
3
3
5
3
3
3
3
OÇ-5
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026