Faculty of Business Administration
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MBA6004
Operations Management
An introduction
to operations management: problems encountered in managing the making
of goods and services, and models and techniques for dealing with these
problems. The emphasis is on developing analytic insights into a few central
models which have proved their usefulness in practice. The ability to
develop approximate models for complex situations and to estimate the
cost of the approximation is stressed. The strategic issues involved in
operations management will also be highlighted. Examples of topics covered
include short-term demand forecasting, aggregate production planning,
inventory planning and control, assembly line balancing, job shop scheduling,
project planning, facility layout, warehouse location, and plant expansion.
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MBA7601 Selected Topics in Logistics/Operations Management:
Supply Chain Management
This course considers the operations of a supply chain from
a managerial perspective. The course has three major objectives: (i) to
give students a solid understanding of the major issues in SCM; (ii) to
provide tools for design, analysis, management and performance improvement
of supply chains; and (iii) to introduce and discuss concepts and recent
influential innovations in supply chain management. This course emphasizes
analytical skills. We try to keep a good balance between rigorous analysis
and soft thinking. Being analytical does not mean mathematical, but basic
calculus and the Normal Distribution will be used to facilitate the understanding
of why/how some powerful concepts/innovations work. |
MBA7605 Management of Service Operations
This course examines the difference between service and manufacturing
operations, and introduces students to problems and analysis related to
the design, planning, control and improvement of service-oriented operations.
Topics covered include service systems design, location and layout of
service systems, planning and resource allocation in service systems,
workshift scheduling, vehicular scheduling and routing, and service management. |
MBA7610
Operations Research Models
A general survey of commonly-used operations research models relevant
to business decision making. As an introductory course, it aims to provide
a wide coverage of models in order to give the student an appreciation
of the subject as a whole. The emphasis in this course is on model building,
solution concepts, and interpretation of results. Topics covered in this
course may include: sensitivity analysis and duality in linear programming,
markov chains, integer programming, goal programming, dynamic programming,
constrained optimization, simulation, queuing theory, decision analysis,
and heuristic problem-solving. Computer packages such as GAMS, LINDO and
GINO may be used. |
MBA7611 Applied Operations Research
This course examines different applications of Operations Research techniques
to actual problem situations. Case studies may be used to illustrate the
interplay between theory and practice. Project work may be required. |
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Faculty of Engineering (NUS) |
IE
5001 Operations Planning and Control
Operations research and its applications, mainly in the area of production
planning and control: linear programming, network analysis, project planning
and scheduling, dynamic programming, inventory control models, queuing
theory, replacement theory and maintenance models. |
IE 5004 Engineering Probability and Simulation
Basic probability concepts and models that are useful for solving engineering
problems are introduced. Interpretation of probability, probability distribution,
conditional probability, independence, expectation and other fundamental
issues are covered with the focus on their applications in the study of
industrial systems. Stochastic models such as Poisson process, renewal
process and Markov chains are also discussed. Furthermore, commonly used
simulation techniques are presented. |
IE 5107 Material Flow Systems
This subject covers the activities required to manage materials flow from
supplier through manufacturing activities to the final use of the materials
or delivery to customer. Emphasis is given on the movement of materials
within the manufacturing processes and storage systems. Methodologies
useful to the analysis of material flow systems, in both the manufacturing
and warehousing systems, are introduced. |
IE 5401 Industrial Logistics
This subject provides a sound basis for understanding the fundamental
nature and functional areas of logistic systems, and the activities concerned
with the efficient management of industrial logistics. Topics covered
are fundamentals of industrial logistics, components of logistic systems,
logistics policy, transport network systems, vehicle routing and scheduling,
fleet size determination and crew scheduling. |
IE 5405 Inventory Systems
This subject introduces inventory theory and its application to the management
of inventory systems. Many of the models developed will be for the single
item, single stage inventory system, considering both stationary and time-varying
conditions. There will be some coverage of multistage inventory systems
and multiple-item problems under constraints. |
School of Computing (NUS) |
CS4260
Electronic Commerce
The global data highway offers dramatic new business opportunities as
well as new ways to run existing businesses. This new technology will
be harnessed by organizations to help them to achieve competitive advantage,
to transform relationships with customers, suppliers and business partners,
to empower global business, and to rebuild their organizations. Students
taking this course learn about the convergence of the communications,
computer, entertainment, and publishing industries and develop multimedia
applications using Netscape, the Internet, and a variety of related tools.
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CS5252 Global Project Coordination
The aim of this course is to teach students how to address the challenges
of managing and coordinating a global project to deliver results under
tight time constraints. Students will learn approaches for global project
management along with concepts, frameworks, and diagnostic instruments
that will help them to understand mutual similarities and differences,
form an effective global team, accomplish the objectives established for
a global project, and carry out project management in cross-cultural settings.
As part of this course, students from NUS and Stanford University will
form joint teams to work on real-life global projects provided by government
organizations or private companies in North America or the Asia-Pacific.
They will have to apply the knowledge taught in this course to help them
overcome cultural, time-zone, and geographical differences. They will
work on their global projects through various forms of information technology
(e.g., telephone, video-conferencing, fax, electronic mail, and tools
on the World Wide Web). The experience of working with a global team on
a global project will be valuable to students in an increasingly globalized
business environment. |
CS5262 Information Technology in Supply Chain Systems
The aim of this course is to teach students how to deploy information
technology to enable and facilitate supply chain management among organizations.
Key topics covered in this course include overview of a supply chain,
coordination difficulties confronting organizations, pitfalls and opportunities
in supply chain management, tradeoffs between inventory and service, and
performance measurement for a supply chain. Students will learn about
the role that information technology plays in supply chain network design,
global supply chain management, the interface between manufacturing and
distribution, and supplier management. The course will also explore the
approaches (e.g., strategic alliances) and the tools for designing and
redesigning products and processes for supply chain management as well
as current industry initiatives for supply chain management. |
CS5264 Decision Making Technologies
Students will learn about modern decision technologies that can support
decisions in the financial, operational, marketing and strategic areas.
Examples include neural networks, genetic algorithms, intelligent agents,
and data mining. It will showcase the latest effective use of such technologies
for decision making. |
CS6205 Advanced Modelling & Simulation Techniques
As simulation is increasingly applied to more complex applications, exploiting
efficiencies in model design and model execution becomes a challenging
task. The aim of this course is to provide students with the ability to
model, simulate and analyse complex systems in a reasonable time. This
course is divided into three parts and covers advanced techniques in simulation
model design, model execution and model analysis. A selection of model
design techniques such as conceptual models, declarative models, functional
models, constraint models, and multi-models will be discussed. Model execution
techniques include discussion of serial and parallel discrete-event simulation
algorithms. For model analysis, topics include input-output analysis,
variance reduction techniques and experimental design. |
The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific
(TLI-AP) |
LI5000
Logistics Research Project (part II)
The goal of the research project module is to expose students to real
life logistics problems and provide the opportunity to study and solve
such problems in an industrial setting. The students will study the problem
in-depth, undertake novel/practical approaches to the problem drawing
upon their coursework in logistics as well as their own independent study,
and apply their approach. |
Georgia Institute of Technology
(Georgia Tech) |
ISyE6201 Manufacturing Systems
Fundamentals of manufacturing planning and control. Topics include: analysis
of flows, bottlenecks and queuing, types of operations (e.g., assembly
line to job shop), manufacturing inventories, aggregate production planning,
lot sizes and lead times, MRP, ERP, pull production systems, finite capacity
scheduling, Manufacturing Executions Systems (MES), and Computer Integrated
Manufacturing (CIM). |
ISyE6202 Warehousing Systems
This course deals with the design and operation of warehousing systems.
Topics include design and analysis of materials handling systems, warehouse
layout, order picking strategies, warehousing inventories, warehouse management
systems, and integration of production and distribution systems. |
ISyE6203 Transportation and Supply Chain Systems
This course deals with the supply chain design and its management. Topics
include supply chain characterization, site location, mode selection,
distribution planning, vehicle routing, demand management, replenishment
management, geographic information systems and real-time control issues.
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ISyE6225 Engineering Economy
Advanced engineering economy topics, including economic worth, economic
optimization under constraints, risk and uncertainty, foundations of utility
theory. |
ISyE6401 Statistical Modelling and Design of Experiments
Fundamental coverage of topics in multiple regression and factorial experiments.
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ISyE6644 Simulation
This course covers modeling of discrete-event dynamic systems and introduces
methods for using these models to solve engineering design and analysis
problems. Topics include simulation world views, input modeling, random
number and variate generation, verification and validation, output analysis,
and comparison of competing systems. The course will make heavy use of
ARENA, a discrete-event simulation package. |
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Special Problems in Industrial Engineering (research project part I)
This course code is used for certain graduate courses which have been
established as "Special Problems" courses. The intent is to allow the
graduate student to receive academic credit for special studies or for
research or design-oriented projects having graduate-level educational
value. The amount of credit allowed should be realistic in comparison
with that given for formal courses. Two IsyE8900 courses will be used
to represent the cross listing of the industrial research component
of the programme.
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