Course: Fundamentals of Operations Management in Chemical Enterprises

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Course title Fundamentals of Operations Management in Chemical Enterprises
Course code KEMCH/C246
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Branská Lenka, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Terms production. Strategic and tactical-operative production management. Production System Design. Environmental aspects of chemical productions. Raw and Materials in Production Systems. Material Productivity. Material Productivity in Specific Chemical Productions. Energy in Production Systems. Energy Productivity. Machinery and Equipment in Production Systems. Machine Productivity. Human Resources in Production Systems. Labour productivity. Economic optimization of production processes. Job design (Division of labor, cooperation, work place, work schedules, work environment). Equipment Maintenance. Production planning and scheduling. Coordination of productions. Documentations in Productions Process. Quality Control. Productions Process Improving.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
  • Contact teaching - 39 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 13 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 16 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 36 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a final test - 15 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Goal of lessons is to create a notion of both particular tools of chemical production management and the content of the management.
After finishing this subject the learner is able to orientate in usage of selected tools of production management and in content of particular phases of the management (production planning, implementation and control). He/she is qualified to manage realization of chemical productions.
Prerequisites
Knowledge in mathematics and business economics and management taught within the bachelor study is needed for study of the subject.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Oral exam is required. Level of acquired knowledge, approaches, as well as skill in practice application are examined. At the end of term the knowledge is verified by examination paper, its results are considered as a part of final classification.
Recommended literature
  • Branská, L. Materiál pro cvičení z předmětu Základy managementu chemických výrob. Materiály dostupné v systému STAG. Univerzita Pardubice, aktuální verze.
  • Branská, L., Vávra, J. Ekonomika a management chemických výrob, Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2013.
  • Branská, L. Základy managementu chemických výrob. PPT prezentace dostupné v systému STAG. Univerzita Pardubice, aktuální verze.
  • Golwalkar, K. R. Production Management of Chemical Industries. Cham: Springer, 2016.
  • Tetřevová, L., Branská, L., Pecinová, Z., Vávra, J. Podniková ekonomika a management I, Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice 2011.
  • Tomek, G., Vávrová, V. Integrované řízení výroby. Praha: Grada, 2014.


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