The Operations function in any organisation comprises product development, factories that produces goods including vendors, distribution and warehousing activities, logistics and transportation, as well as service activities that help make supply meet demand across supply chains.
The Operations function in any organisation comprises product development, factories that produces goods including vendors, distribution and warehousing activities, logistics and transportation, as well as service activities that help make supply meet demand across supply chains.
Operations Management is the study of ways to make Operations functions and their activities efficient and effective by coordinating decisions and allocating resources optimally.
The Operations Management major is designed to provide tools, methods and processes that are required to manage production of goods and services efficiently and effectively.
It provides a student a perspective and an understanding of how excellence in operations delivers competitive advantage.
The major teaches you about principles & theories to make operational decisions (for example, levels of inventory to keep or how to schedule gates & planes at airports) as well as provides methods and processes to organize work in a wany to enhance productivity (for example, just-in-time and lean operations or vendor management or design of facilities).
It combines managerial decision making with technical aspects of decision making. Typical areas of learning will include capacity and facilities planning, forecasting demand & resources, planning & scheduling activities, logistics & inventory management, project management, quality planning and control, coordinating decisions across functions of a firm for improved performance and customer service.
Principles of operations management are applied in many functional domains and industries. Global supply chains have made operations function more technology oriented.
The major will equip students to learn about technologies and softwares that are used in industry to make such decisions. The major is data oriented and teaches quantitative models for making better decisions.
Operations Managers are found in all business whether they are any kind of design or manufacturing or services.
Traditionally, they have worked in factories & transportation sectors but increasing they are found in banks, retail, real estate, hospitals, entertainment & arts, event management, advertising, space industry, technology management firms, city management etc. Wherever, resources need to be allocated and activities need to be planned and executed, one will find operations managers.
Consulting firms hire operations graduates to design and execute operational improvement strategies on shop floors or other kinds of service organisation.
On completion of this major, the student will be able to:
understand how operations management contributes to the achievement of an organization’s strategic objectives
analyse and identify bottlenecks and areas of operational improvement to enhance productivity
use analytical methods to make operation decisions in manufacturing and service environments
Evaluate approaches to problem solving and process improvement in production and distribution settings
Undertake planning and scheduling activities in any operational context
About
Ahmedabad University was founded in 2009 by Ahmedabad Education Society (AES), a non-profit educational foundation located in Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad University is envisioned to become a global leader that provides liberal arts education within a research university.
Interdisciplinary curriculum, experiential learning environment, and research define an Ahmedabad education. We are reimagining the classroom beyond the physical walls and focusing on the whole development of each student in an engaging and nurturing environment.
Being located in the centre of a vibrant and entrepreneurial city, our education is contextually rich and globally connected. Our world-class education attracts 3500 students from 22 states of India and seven countries.
Ahmedabad University is dedicated to foster continuous progress of self and society. We are transforming higher education in India. Our graduates bear the capabilities, attitude and values to excel in whatever field they choose to pursue around the world.
Founder History
Ahmedabad University was founded by Ahmedabad Education Society (AES). AES is a non-profit educational foundation located in Ahmedabad. More than 80 years old, AES was established at the behest of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Home Minister of India, by illustrious leaders such as Kasturbhai Lalbhai, the doyen of the Indian textile industry; Ganesh Mavalankar, the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament; and Amrutlal Hargovandas, one of the prominent industrialists of Ahmedabad.
AES envisioned that the university would serve to advance education in the state of Gujarat, throughout India and the world. AES and its leaders have played significant roles in the founding of national institutions such as Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, National Institute of Design, Physical Research Laboratory, and Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT).
The Foundation is also responsible for supporting reputed institutions such as MG College of Science, LD College of Arts, HL College of Commerce, LM College of Pharmacy, AG Teachers College and LD Institute of Indology, amongst others.
When the history of educational enabling is written in India, AES will be at the top for its amazing perspective and record of developing best-in-class institutions independently and with the government where land, funding and often management was provided by the leaders of AES.
Mission
We recognise that social challenges and job opportunities are occurring at the intersection of various axes of influence, defined by disciplines (data, materials, biology, and behaviour), nature (air, water, forests, and land), sectors of impact (health, transport, energy, and education) and society (individual and community).
Accordingly, Ahmedabad University strives to guide students on how to learn through interdisciplinary academics and real-life experiences that traverse these intersections. Research programmes at the University also embody this integrative philosophy.
This executive education programme is focused on the issues related with the management of resources both in the context of production of goods and services. The participants will be sensitised towards understanding of how to gain competitive advantage through operations.
Operations management is one of the core areas of the manufacturing and services industry. The subject matter is fascinating and timely; the food you eat, the movies you watch, the stores in which you shop, the goods you buy and the services you enjoy are provided to you by people in operations.
This immersive training enables participants to identify the key drivers of operational excellence that are critical to any organization’s bottom-line performance. This Business Operations course is ideal for professionals to improve their proficiency and productivity in operations functions.
This course is designed for individuals and organizations to achieve one of the most widely recognized Business Continuity Management Systems training and certification worldwide.Business Continuity Management Iso 22301, Bs 25999 Training is offered by TWG International
This course will introduce you to the right tools, techniques and skills to estimate, compute, analyse and configure key elements of operations management; and help you develop abilities to structure and solve operations-related problems in your organisation.
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