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CODE 63737
ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SECS-P/08
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 2° Semester
PREREQUISITES
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TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

The course analyses the operations management, with specific reference to operations strategy, planning, and control.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course analyses the operations management, with specific reference to operations strategy, planning, and control.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course main object consists in the analysis of operations management, under the points of view of strategic and operational decisions.

At the and of the course,students should be able to recognize and/ or use the main strategic analysis tools, with a special attention to operations management, and to solve basic case studies.

PREREQUISITES

Knowledge of the principles of Business management.

TEACHING METHODS

Traditional lectures.

Foreign students are free to attend the course (in Italian). Foreign students are free to study on Italian or English textbooks. In the latter case, they are invited to contact the professor before the exam.

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities  and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Serena Scotto (scotto@economia.unige.it), the Department's disability liaison.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Part I: Production management

  • Capacity planning
  • Vertical integration
  • Productive processes
  • The production network
  • The plant layout
  • Plant flexibility
  • Production programming and control

Parte II: Logistics

  • Defining logistics
  • Defining Supply Chain and Supply Chain Management
  • Inbound logistics
  • Outbound logistics
  • Reverse logistics
  • Physical and information flows
  • Logistics outsourcing
  • Logistics providers

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 (Chapters 1-4, 7-11).

The students wishing to prepare the exam in English, can refer to the following textbook: 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)

LARA PENCO

GIORGIA PROFUMO

RICCARDO SPINELLI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

2° Semester

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral assessment according to the exams calendar.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

An oral assessment consisting of several questions in the entire program will be administered.

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
16/12/2024 10:00 GENOVA Orale
20/01/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale
03/02/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale
26/05/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale
18/06/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale
16/07/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale
08/09/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale

FURTHER INFORMATION

Foreign students are free to study on Italian or English textbooks.

 

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