TRC5801 Operations and supply chain management
Faculty of Engineering
TRC5801 Operations and supply chain management is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2024 in Semester 1 at Malaysia. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Semester 1
- Malaysia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2026 entry.
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Requisites
Before TRC5801
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After TRC5801
No unit lists TRC5801 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must be currently enrolled in a master’s course in engineering or related STEM and in a related discipline. The unit assumes that you have the necessary foundational knowledge.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
This unit covers a combination of the operations management and supply chain management concepts from the strategic, tactical and operational perspectives. These include operations & productivity, supply chain management (including vendor, warehouse and distribution channel management and procurement and outsourcing), project management, managing quality, process strategy, capacity and constraint management, layout strategies (floor space optimisation), inventory management, material requirement planning and enterprise resource planning, lean operations (including JIT and Kanban) and maintenance and reliability (including Total Productive Maintenance).
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Malaysia | On campus |
Assessment
- AssignmentsThreshold hurdle20%
- Tests and quizzesThreshold hurdle20%
- ProjectThreshold hurdle10%
- Final assessmentThreshold hurdle50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Discuss the role of operations management in an organisation.
- 2
Analyse various supply chain management strategies.
- 3
Appraise quality management strategies, techniques and tools.
- 4
Use the basic tools for scheduling and management of a project.
- 5
Evaluate process, layout, capacity planning, material requirement planning, inventory management and maintenance methods/tools/strategies/programmes to optimize operations.
- 6
Apply and use lean operations principles.
Workload and teaching
- Practical activities24 hours
- Workshops24 hours
- Teaching approachSimulation or virtual practice
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours of independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.
Modern simulation tools will be introduced to help you simulate and visualise the production line and understand how various parameters affect the supply chain and operations management.
Working through theory-based, problem-based and industrial-based examples during the workshop sessions.
Independent study using video, written and online quiz-based resources.
Working in a team of two, you will work to apply what you have learnt in the workshops to solve case studies via assignments.
Where it fits
TRC5801 is part of 1 area of study in the 2024 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Alpha Agape
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Alpha Agape
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for TRC5801?
TRC5801 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is TRC5801 offered?
In 2024, TRC5801 runs in Semester 1 at Malaysia.
How much work is TRC5801?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does TRC5801 have an exam?
No. TRC5801 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include TRC5801?
TRC5801 is part of Mechanical engineering.