This unit teaches students about how operating businesses work. It aims to give them sufficient understanding of operations to be able to take part in the execution and planning of operations. For computing students its purpose is to assist in the overall design of information and management systems within an operating business. The offering of this unit also addresses the community and professional demand by equipping Monash graduates with required skills and knowledge in business operations. All these are in accordance with the themes of Innovation, Engagement and Internationalisation enunciated in the Monash Plan.

Corrected minor mistake. Lecture/tutorial length of times were reversed. 1-2 should have been 2-1. Sem 1,2010 implementation.

07/12/2017 - Unit disestablished at FEC 5/17 Item 7.3.

This is a core unit in the Bachelor of Business Information Systems and is a recoding of BUS3530. This unit prepares students to do computing, management or operational work in a manufacturing or service environment.

At the completion of this unit students will:

• have sufficient understanding of operations to do computing, management and operational work in a manufacturing or service organisation;
• understand the differences between business strategies of different organisations;
• appreciate the structure and functionality of management software. Assist in the design and programming of software for management of operating organisations;
• understand the essential aspects of contemporary productive systems;
• be familiar with international quality standards;
• understand how to do a literature search on an operations management topic.

029999

This unit presents operations management in manufacturing and service organisations. Topics include: Financial calculations, funds employed, product pricing, budgets, cash flow. Accounting terms, definitions. Contracts and contract law. An introduction to computer software systems in a management context. Production scheduling, planning and control. Students will prepare sales, purchasing and productions schedules. Materials requirements planning. History, methods, uses . Project management with cash flow, financial statements, quotations and costing. Students will learn how to plan and manage small to medium sized projects. Students will study project network calculations, critical path, floats, barcharts, scheduling. Just-in-time systems. The unit concentrates on the mechanics of material flow in Just-in-Time systems. Barcoding. EAN-13, Code 39, TUN's and Interleaved 2-of-5. Students will learn how to encode and decode the most common types of linear barcodes. Two dimensional barcodes will be described. The ISO9000 standards and quality standards. The unit will also explain different types of organisations and their business strategies.

Examination (2 hours): 80%; In-semester assessment: 20%

2 hr lecture/wk, 1 hrs laboratories/wk

FIT

FIT1006 or BUS1100 or ETC1000 or equivalent