Students obtain an overview of the most important operational functions of an industrial or service company. These are procurement, production and logistics. Students will get to know typical operational challenges and familiarize themselves with established approaches and methods for analyzing and improving procurement, production and logistics operations.

The module comprises a lecture (course number 2.02.231) and an accompanying tutorial (course numbers 2.02.231a to 2.02.231j). The lecture is based on the text book "Grundzüge der Beschaffung, Produktion und Logistik" by Kummer, Grün und Jammernegg in the third edition of 2013 and the associated workbook, as well as partly on the text book "Operations Management: Konzepte, Methoden und Anwendungen" by Thonemann in the third edition of 2015. The purpose of the lecture is to explain the fundamental problems and their solutions theoretically. The tutorials focus on application and practice and offer time for questions. There are no formal or content-related participation or entrance requirements.

Kummer, S., Grün, O. und Jammernegg, W. (2013): Grundzüge der Beschaffung, Produktion und Logistik (3. Auflage), Pearson Thonemann, U. (2015): Operations Management (3. Auflage), Pearson.

The module takes place in the summer semester. Please refer to the syllabus available via Stud.IP for a more detailed description of content and procedure.

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