Michigan Technological University
School of Business and Economics
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
Fax: 906-487-1863
www.mtu.edu
Contact: Bradford W. Wagner
Telephone: 906-487-3501
E-Mail: bwwagner@mtu.edu
Courses
BA318 (MG318) Operations Research I
Linear programming and its applications, including transportation,
transshipment, and assignment problems; network models and PERT/CPM.
Discusses examples from business, manufacturing, engineering,
and mining engineering.
BA319 Operations Research II
Advanced topics in operations research, including nonlinear programming,
queuing models, simulation, inventory models, dynamic programming,
Markov processes, and decision theory.
Principles of Operations Management
Fundamental principles of operations and service management; includes
strategic importance and relevant interrelated concepts and tools
in forecasting, inventory and materials management, just-in-time,
scheduling and capacity management.
BA463 Advanced Operations Management
Factors involved in managing industrial resources to achieve,
maintain, and control manufacturing and service operations. Emphasizes
understanding forces of change: technology, products, processes,
systems, and techniques on operations management systems.
BA484 Industrial Marketing and Procurement
Marketing and purchasing of goods and services in industrial markets.
Includes pricing issues, distribution, product planning and value
analysis, inventory management, and legal issues. Examines the
implications of these issues to industrial buyers and industrial
marketers.
BA485 Logistics Management
Designing and managing channels of distribution, purchase and
movement of goods, and transportation systems. Emphasizes design
of appropriate marketing channels, advanced topics in inventory
control, facility location, routing of physical flows among facilities,
and design and evaluation of transportation systems.
BA463 Production Planning and Control
Factors involved in managing industrial resources to achieve,
maintain, and control production. Emphasizes inventory and production
planning, materials and manufacturing requirements, planning,
and control.