OBJECTIVES. The course gives the key competences of operations management, both from an organisational-management and a technical-operational point of view. The expected learning outcomes are the capabilities to analyse the relationship of market and supply chain, the role and processes of the company within the supply chain, and the applying knowledge and understanding of the methodologies for production and inventory management.

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES. Knowledge and understanding: knowledge and understanding of the most important processes and techniques for operations management, and supply chain management. Models and methods for materials management, for the production configuration, the calculation of economic production quantity, and the planning and programming techniques. Capability: capability to analyse with a systemic approach, model problems and identify the best techniques for solving the main challenges of supply chain management, production, and logistics, with a focus on production planning/programming and materials management.