SCHEDULE AND COURSE ASSIGNMENTS (Fall, 2007)
DATE		TOPIC	TEXT	READINGS	ASSIGNMENTS
Aug	30	Introduction	Ch. 1
Sept	4	Operations Strategy --Competitiveness	Ch. 2	Roach
	6	Operations Strategy --Process Management	Ch. 4 (120-133)	Skinner
	11	Quality Management	Ch.   6 (204-213 and 230-236)	Stalk et al.
	13	Statistical Process control	Ch. 6 ( 213-230)	Garvin
	18	Case Discussion (Hank Kolb)
	20	Supply Chain Management	Ch 10	Fisher	#1 p. 241 (5,7,8,20)
	25	Forecasting	Ch. 13
	27	Forecasting
Oct	2	Inventory Management	Ch. 12 (pp 460-470)		#2 Deac Inc 1
	4	Inventory Management	Ch 12(pp.470-489)
	9	Test #1 (covers 8/30 thru 9/27 including Assig. #2
	11	Management of Technology	Supplement F (CD-ROM)
	16	Sales and Operations Planning	Ch 14 (566-583)		#3 p.497 (1,2,4,10,11,16)
	18	Sales and Operations Planning
	23	Master Production Schedule	Ch. 15 (622-636)		#4 Deac Inc2
	25	Material Requirements Planning	Ch. 15 (637-650)		#5 Deac Inc 3
	30	Material Requirements Planning		Spears and Bowen
Nov	1	Just-In-Time	Ch. 9		#6 Deac Inc 4
	6	Case Discussion (Bose Corp JIT II Program (A))
	8	Capacity	Ch.7 (252-274)
	13	Case Discussion (Sensormatics)			#7 p 279 ( 8,9)
	15	Test #2 (Covers 10/2 thru 11/6)
	20	Project Management	Ch. 3
	27	Project Management
	29	Case Discussion (Nypro)
Dec	4	Location/Layout	Ch 8 (310-319) and Ch 11(419-424),		#8 p. 106 (3,8,17)
	6	Case Discussion (New Balance)
	13	Final Test:  9:00-12:00 (Math/Business block)