Production & Operations Management

KIT – University of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg andNational Research Center of the Helmholtz Association Accredited by

Technology + Management

Executive Master Program

Master Program Keyfacts

>> Program Structure

• Part-time program• Duration of approx. 18 - 20 months• 10 x 2 week modules• 5 Engineering & 5 Management

Modules

• Teaching Language: English

>> Academic Degree

Master of Science (M.Sc.) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Credit Points (ECTS): 90

>> Admission Requirements

• Bachelor, Master, Diplom• 1-2 years work experience

(recommended > 3 years)• Corresponding job references• TOEFL score of at least 230 or 95 iBT

>> Tuition Fee

30.000 €; extra: enrollment fee/ semester

>> Next Program Starts

October 2015; October 2016

The HECTOR School of Engineering & Management offers seven Executive Master Programs. The HECTOR School – named after Dr. Hans-Werner Hector, one of the co-founders of the software company SAP – is the Technology Busi-ness School of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

The Master Programs are more than typical MBA programs, because they combine management with engineering topics. The primary goal is to enable professionals to take a holistic approach when managing highly interdependent processes and to be aware of the latest state of technology in the respected field of expertise.

All programs share five Management Modules, providing the participants with general leadership know how for engineers: knowledge in Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Business Strategy, International Project Management and Intellectual Property Rights. On this basis they can consider commercial implications of business decisions. Workshops and case studies allow ample opportunity to explore the direct application of the know-how, simulating the real business environment.

Essential part of the HECTOR School is the part-time philosophy of its Master Programs. Intermittend periods of lectures are scheduled to allow participants to continue with demanding careers while acquiring new skills & knowledge.

Keyfacts

Graduates of the Master Program Production & Operations Management (POM) are able to analyze and optimize the efficiency of value-added processes within the operation of production and service systems. They can understand and analyze service and production processes, capture and formally describe requirements, frame boundary conditions and targets and achieve a targeted improvement by means of the skills they acquired in the Master Program concerning production management with special focus on production processes, information technology, logistics and human resources as well as on the technical methods and tools required.

The graduates are familiar with state-of-the-art concepts and methods and are able to apply those problem-oriented and further them. Methods and techniques in conjunction with decision making are especially focused on in Operations Management.

In addition, graduates can identify the possibilities and limitations of formal methods and models as well

as the challenges that represent the transmission between the modeled world and reality and handle them in a solution-driven way. Given that nowadays in production and logistics the flow of data, products and money are closely interconnected, graduates are able to solve problems taking into account these tree factors and multi-disciplinary solution approaches.

Join us to acquire the tools that will guide your career path in this exciting field of production and operations.!

Master ProgramProduction & Operations ManagementProduction technology and supply chain topics shape the future of the manufacting industry in this world. Fundamental concepts are conveyed for the analysis, design and realization of innovative concepts for operations management (e.g. Industry 4.0) and also for methods of screening the performance of a manufacturing industry.

Academic Director HECTOR School

Program Director Production & Operations Management

Head of the Institute of Material Handling & Logistic Systems, former endowed chair of Logistics H. Hübner Foundation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Furmans

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Introduction Production and Operations Management

Industrial management and engineering is of holistic character. So far, industrial engineering has been aimed at integrat-ing man, material, equipment, and funds in production systems. Now, activities also focus on the IT and technology in-frastructure to control complex systems. Hence, the industrial engineer concept was enlarged from an “efficiency ex-pert” and “productivity expert” by the concept of a “knowledge worker”.

Today, industrial engineering also deals with the development, optimization, in-stallation, and management of holistic systems, consisting of man, materials, and infrastructure, for any type of production or service. This module enables graduates to understand all necessary concepts and underlying methods of industrial management. It focuses on determinis-tic and stochastic operations research which is of great help for the planning process of logistic systems (modeling, simulation, etc.) and IT concepts and tools which accompany the product life cycle management process at the interface of product development and production.

IT Support ofProduction Systems

IT support of production systems is an

essential part in state of the art production systems. E.g., virtual engineering is the early, continuous, integrated support of the development process as regards to the adjustment, evaluation, and concreteness of the development results from all part-ners with the help of virtual prototypes.

Modern production systems strongly de-pend on an appropriate IT support during the complete lifecycle. For this reason, this module focuses on understanding, gen-erating, and analyzing models from various domains. On this basis, evalu-ation and optimization methods are applied to new problems and extended. Methodological competences are com-bined with scientific work in the areas of product lifecycle management, simulation, and optimization.

Methods of OperationsManagement

The ever-growing integration and glo-balization of production structures lead to an increasing importance of logistics for cost and performance development in operations networks. The design phase of products and processes is followed by the oper-ations phase. Consequently, module EM3 focuses on the further develop-ment of the corresponding skills and competences in this field.

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Engineering Modules - Topics

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„Now more than ever, we reco-gnize that our economy is truly global. The challenges before us, will not be overcome utilizing thinking of the past. Companies which prevail in today’s business climate, will be those rich in new ways of management thinking, and ideas.HECTOR School embo-dies international and cultural reach – aligned to our global marketplace, as well as, combines theory with practice – resulting in a new way of management thinking, and techniques to foster excellence.HECTOR School taught me how to think differently as a manager, and provided me with tools to support current and futu-re successes of my company.“

David Judge

HECTOR School Intake 2007 & Graduate of the Master Program POM

For detailed information on the course contents order our free course guide book.

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Participants are to enhance their knowledge in order to be able to un-derstand production and supply chain management taking into ac-count human resources.

At the same time, mapping of the physical world onto the world of con-trolling has to be understood. On this basis, this module concentrates on applying the lessons learned as well as on the further development of the methodology and its integration in the teamwork at the production company.

Networks of Supply &Production Systems

Today’s competitive environment re-garding supply chains has dramatically changed. Emerging economies such as China have become key players and have changed the view on modern network systems. Supply Chain Management plays a key role in Production and Op-erations Management. Having under-stood the individual objects in the added value chain, these have to be combined in the supply chain. This includes the in-ternationalization of processes of values added, their distribution to physical and dispositive processes as well as methods for their planning and control.

For this purpose, new models have to be generated and existing mod-els have to be further developed and adapted. Multidisciplinary analysis of the production logistics point of view and its mathematical mod-eling are of particular significance. In this way, the participants can derive profound statements relating to the performance of novel network structures.

Production and DistributionSystems

In the final engineering module partici-pants will be introduced to comprehen-sive topics in production and distribution systems, such as the important role of information technology for logistic systems and quality management within operations management.

Finally the participants will be able to apply

their knowledge of the whole Master Pro-gram in an industrial management case study, which deals with managing and re-structuring a company in an international setting, using simulation tools and apply-ing methods and strategies in production planning and control, monitoring logistic characteristics, analyzing and optimizing production costs, defining improvement ap-proaches, establishing project management and re-engineering by work structuring.

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Overview Engineering Modules (EM)

EM 1: Introduction Production and Operations ManagementCourses: Introduction to Industrial Engineering • Production & Logistics Controlling •

Information Systems I • Operations Research I

EM 2: IT Support of Production SystemsCourses: Industrial Services • Information Systems II • Simulation of Production

Systems • Operations Research II

EM 3: Methods of Operations ManagementCourses: Supply Network Management I • Production Engineering • Ergonomics &

Human Factors • Stochastic Models of Manufacturing Systems

EM 4: Networks of Supply & Production SystemsCourses: Supply Network Management II & III • Distribution Networks • International

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EM 5: Production and Distribution SystemsCourses: Information Technology for Logistic Systems • Quality Management •

Industrial Management Case Study

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The aim of the 5 Management Modules (MM) is to provide profound knowledge and understanding of the fundamental concepts which are essential for every successful manager.

InternationalProject Management

International Project Management is a key to the world of business. Participants will get familiar with objectives of project management and scheduling, analysing planned projects and controlling project execution. Particular attention is paid to the construction of project networks and Gantt charts, heuristic solution procedures and rescheduling. Modelling, planning and scheduling, which arise in a great variety of practical situations, are also emphasized.

Finance for Executives

Finance for Executives provides partici-pants with an understanding of the key financial statements and its underlying accounting principles. The course gives an overview of investment rules and financial decisions.

Business Strategy, Marketing & Controlling

This module comprises three important challenges in companies, Business Strategy, Marketing and Controlling. Particular emphasis is placed upon the process of strategic management containing strategic analysis, formulation and evaluation based on competitive advantage, and portfolio strategy. In addition to these concepts approaches of modern marketing that show a strong reference to business strategy are presented.

Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management addresses challenges head on, exploring the key elements of innovation, creativity and leadership as well as the steps necessary to implement and manage it successfully. This multidisciplinary module provides valuable experience in implementing the techniques needed to ensure the company’s continuing success.

Law & Contracts

This module comprises both economics and legal sections. In the economics section, a groundwork is laid through introducing decision theory, expected utility, risk and ambiguity, bargaining and basic incentive theory. In addition, fundamental problems regarding world economics are discussed, e.g. stagnation and economic growth, unemployment and international division of labor, and harmonization of the international monetary system. The legal section is divided into lectures about the law of business organizations about international patent, trademark and copyright law.

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Overview Management Modules (MM)

MM 1: International Project ManagementCourses: Project Management & Scheduling, Multi-Project Management in an Inter-

national Setting, Development Management, Intercultural Management

MM 2: Finance for ExecutivesCourses: Introduction, Financial Accounting, Fundamentals of Finance

MM 3: Business Strategy, Marketing and ControllingCourses: Business Strategy, Introduction to Management Accounting, Marketing

MM 4: Human Resource ManagementCourses: Human Resource Management, Leadership & Conflict Management,

Management Training

MM 5: Law & ContractsCourses: Decisions, Contracts, Markets & Trade, International Law - The Law of

Business Organizations, International Intellectual Property Law

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Master Program Schedule

The academic calendar for the next program starting on October 5, 2015 consists of 10 intensive modules, each with a duration of 10 days. At the end, the Master Program concludes with a Master Thesis.

The Master Thesis is set up as a project work in the company, starting after the successfull completion of at least nine modules according to the personal study plan.

Participants of the Master Program Production & Operations Management also need to take part in a 2-day crash course in probability & statistics (date t.b.a.).

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