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Operations Strategy and Execution, 7.5 Credits
Verksamhetsstrategi och implementering, 7,5 Högskolepoäng
Established: 2025-02-27
Established by: Department of Engineering Science
Applies from: H25
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student should be able to:
- explain the relationships between corporate strategy and production strategy.
- explain different supply chains, production chains, strategies between supplier and customer, and strategies for growth.
- describe the meaning of differentiation versus cost advantages, technology/process and plant strategy, strategic purchasing and supplier contracts, strategies for customer management, and capacity building.
- demonstrate the ability to critically and systematically integrate knowledge within business strategy to formulate a production strategy in an industrial perspective even with limited information.
- demonstrate the ability to critically, independently, and creatively make assessments for a qualified strategy analysis work.
Entry requirements
General entry requirements and approved result from the following course/courses: LOV600-Operations and Supply Chain Management or the equivalent.
The forms of assessment of student performance
Groupwise written report. Individual oral presentation.
Course contents
The course is based on operations and supply chain management and builds further to shed light on collaboration between production systems and organizations' strategy design. The course deals with themes such as corporate strategy, business strategy and supply chain in collaboration from a competitiv perspective.
The main field of study of industrial engineering and management includes industrial organization and operations management, logistics, purchasing, quality management, change management and knowledge management, with industrial marketing, financial management, business development and environmental technology as related subjects. Industrial engineering and management is defined as an interdisciplinary subject that integrates technical, organizational and economic perspectives to analyze, plan and improve resource management and business processes. The focus is on creating sustainable and effective solutions in complex systems taking into account technical, ecological, social and economic aspects from a holistic perspective. The main areas of emphasis within the main field of study of industrial engineering and management at University West are knowledge management in logistics, development of Lean and agile systems with digitalization, resilience in supply chains, decision models for data-driven decision-making, operations management and quality and operations development. The subject has a strong applied and technical profile and addresses practice-relevant challenges for companies and organizations.
Other regulations
Course grading: F/Fx/E/D/C/B/A - Insufficient, Insufficient- more work required before the credit can be awarded, Sufficient, Satisfactory, Good, Very Good, Excellent
Course language: The teaching is conducted in English.
General rules pertaining to examination at University West are available at www.hv.se.
If the student has a decision/recommendation on special support due to disability, the examiner has the right to examine the student in a customized examination form.
Cycle
Second cycle
Progressive specialization
A1F - Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Main field of study
Industrial Engineering and Management