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CODE 63737
ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SECS-P/08
LANGUAGE Italiano
TEACHING LOCATION
SEMESTER 2° Semester
PREREQUISITES
Propedeuticità in ingresso
Per sostenere l'esame di questo insegnamento è necessario aver sostenuto i seguenti esami:
  • Maritime, Logistics and Transport Economics and Business 8698 (coorte 2014/2015)
  • BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 41125 2014
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

The course provides a strategic and operational analysis of operations.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to define operations management, focusing on the main strategic decisions, including the outsourcing decision and its main implications.

LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO)

The course analyses the main decisions with reference to operations management, specifing the difference of strategic and operationals decisions and of the relative implications.

TEACHING METHODS

Traditional lectures are integrated with case studies and seminars (in Italian).

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Part I: Production management

  • The productive capacity
  • The vertical integration degree
  • Production processes and technologies
  • Production network layout
  • Internal layout definition
  • Production flexibility techniques
  • Production programming and controling

 

Part II: Logistics management

  • Logistics management definition
  • Supply Chain and Supply Chain Management
  • The logistics activities
  • Physical and information flows
  • Logistics services providers
  • Logistics services market
  • Logistics services provider selectiona and evaluation process
  • Logistics partnerships

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Slack N., Chambers S., Johnston R., Betts A., Danese P., Romano P., Vinelli A., 2 Ed. (2013), Gestione delle operations e dei processi, Pearson Education (Capitoli 1-4, 7-11).

or

Barnes D. (2008), Operations Management. An International Perspective, Thomson (Chapters 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9).

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ROBERTA SCARSI (President)

ANTONIO GOZZI

RICCARDO SPINELLI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Sem: II

27 february - 1 june 2017 

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written test with open-ended questions.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Questions related to the entire course programme. Theoretical models knowledge, critical capacity, techincal language use, and the ability to argument with examples are evaluated.

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
14/06/2017 10:00 GENOVA Scritto
28/06/2017 10:00 GENOVA Scritto
12/07/2017 10:00 GENOVA Scritto
26/07/2017 10:00 GENOVA Scritto
13/09/2017 14:30 GENOVA Scritto

FURTHER INFORMATION

http://www.economia.unige.it/prg1516/ge/gestione_produzione_logistica.pdf