Selected lectures for the course are available below.
| SES # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Part I: Basic Concepts of Operations Strategy | ||
| 1 | Course introduction; Innovation and operations discipline | (PDF) |
| 2 | Frameworks for strategy and the decision category approach | (PDF) |
| 3 | Developing an operations strategy; Application of decision category approach and the capabilities approaches | |
| 4 | Value chain dynamics and operations decisions | (PDF - 3.5MB) |
| 5 | Value chain dynamics: Lessons from the auto industry | |
| 6 | Enterprise architecture and operations strategy | |
| Part II: Key Elements and Decision Categories in an Operations Strategy | ||
| 7 | Vertical integration and outsourcing | (PDF) |
| 8 | Business processes | (PDF) |
| 9 | Process technology decisions and multiple plants | (PDF) |
| 10 | Capacity strategy: How to make decisions on capacity and capacity expansion | (PDF) |
| 11 | Facilities strategies and globalization; Comparisons of plant productivity | (PDF) |
| 12 | Summary lecture on facilities strategy and globalization | (PDF) |
| 13 | Sourcing and supplier management | |
| 14 | Information systems and the impacts of the electronic economy | |
| 15 | Logistics systems and the fulfillment supply chain | |
| Part III: Capabilities and Different Approaches to Operations Strategy | ||
| 16 | Competing on quality: Sources of quality and different measures of quality | |
| 17 | Competing on cost versus competing on availability | (PDF) |
| 18 | Competing on cost versus competing on features and innovativeness | |
| 19 | Competition in the housing industry: Improving cost, quality | |
| Part IV: Globalization, Outsourcing and Other Critical Issues in Operations Strategy and Policy in the 21st Century | ||
| 20 | Models for gaining advantage in a global environment; How to position within a value chain | |
| 21 | Globalization, joint ventures, sourcing overseas, and macroeconomic effects of off-shoring | (PDF) |
| 22 | Supplier power and overseas sourcing: Moving up the value chain in outsourcing | (PDF) |
| 23 | Student presentations | |
| 24 | Student presentations and course wrap-up |
(PDF) (PDF) |