TRC6801 Operations and supply chain management
Faculty of Engineering
TRC6801 Operations and supply chain management is a level 6, 0-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2023 in Semester 1 at Malaysia. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 0
- Offered in 2023
- Semester 1
- Malaysia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before TRC6801
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After TRC6801
No unit lists TRC6801 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must be enrolled in the Engineering PhD program. Students enrolled in another PhD program may seek permission from the Faculty of Engineering. The unit assumes that you have the necessary foundational knowledge.
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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 2023
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Malaysia | On campus |
Assessment
- Case studiesThreshold hurdle20%
- TestsThreshold hurdle30%
- 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
- Workshops24 hours
- Practical activities24 hours
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- 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.
Your presentations are meant to apply concepts learnt in lectures/forum contents and discussions to selected case studies.
You will work collaboratively in groups where you can learn from your peers.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Alpha Agape
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Alpha Agape
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for TRC6801?
TRC6801 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is TRC6801 offered?
In 2023, TRC6801 runs in Semester 1 at Malaysia.
How much work is TRC6801?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does TRC6801 have an exam?
No. TRC6801 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.