Objectives* A modular, credit-rated structure that allows you to progress at a pace to suit yourself, within defined boundaries. You collect credits for work completed, giving you the flexibility to stop and start as work and home life dictate. * A wide breadth of operations planning and control application areas are covered including aerospace, automotive, industrial, healthcare, environmental, and service operations management
Entry requirementsEntry requirements * Normally 240 UCAS Tariff points from a minimum of two subjects at Advanced Level (or equivalent) * And * Normally Five GCSE's at grade C or above (or equivalent), including English and Maths. However, we are also keen to talk to mature students (21+) who have relevant industry experience and/or relevant training but who do not meet the above formal qualifications. * BTEC Diploma/Certificate, Advanced VCE(s), Advanced GNVQ, Scottish Higher and Irish Leaving Certificate.
Academic titleBSc Operations and Supply Systems
Course descriptionBSc Operations and Supply Systems
Programme
The programme comprises 11 taught modules and an Individual Project module and includes:
* Creative Problem Solving Techniques: provides knowledge and understanding of the basic concepts and principles involved in the creative problem solving process
* Principles of Systems Design: development and use of the systems based concepts, principles and techniques involved in the design and implementation of operations within industrial and service organisations
* Principles of Operations Planning: examines techniques for planning and scheduling of operations within industrial and service organisations using such techniques as Just-in-Time
* Systems Modeling and Simulation: the principal method of designing complex manufacturing systems using computer-based simulation modelling is examined and used by students to develop and to analyse manufacturing system models and to improve manufacturing systems designs
* Lean and 6-Sigma Operations Design: covers the basic lean and 6-sigma tools used to analyse industrial, manufacturing and service operations and introduces the different types of processes, and the strategies behind their selection and design
* Facilitation and Control of Operations: physical and visual methods of planning and controlling operations at the workplace are becoming essential to developing quick responses to both external customer demands and internal work flow interruptions
* Environmental and Sustainability Planning: will introduce students to the problems, issues and solutions involved in environmental planning and control and the development of sustainable products.