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Level 6 Diploma in Business Management

Emerging Technologies in Quality and Operations Management

BM603 · Operations Management — Week 11 of 16

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Week11 of 16
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This week’s topics

Emerging Technologies in Quality and Operations Management

  1. IoT-enabled automated sensor monitoring
  2. AI-driven predictive defect detection
  3. Blockchain for traceability and auditability
  4. Technology implementation planning
  5. Week 1: Lecture 3: Foundation technologies of Industry 4.0: Connectivity, IoT, Big Data, Cloud
  6. Week 10: Lecture 46: Role of Product Tracking & Traceability
  7. Blockchain Explained

What you will be able to do

  • 4.3 Create a plan to use emerging technologies (IoT, AI, blockchain) in TQM process.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: create a plan to use emerging technologies (IoT, AI, blockchain) in TQM process.

Study materials

Videos

  • Blockchain Explained · YouTube · IBM Technology · 10 min · for registered students
  • Big Data in Business · YouTube · Gresham College · 60 min · for registered students
  • Blockchain: What Is It and How Can It Be Applied in Supply Chains? · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 61 min · for registered students
  • Oct 2017 - The Internet of Things (IoT): What does it mean for businesses today? · YouTube · The Open University Business School · 22 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Foundations of Information Systems, 10.1–10.2: Emerging technologies · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 373–384 · for registered students
  • Internet of Things (IoT): a vision, architectural elements, and future directions · Reading · Arxiv, article · for registered students
  • Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 6: Managing Quality · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 229–284 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Role of Operations Management
  • Week 2: Operations Management Processes and Typologies
  • Week 3: Operations Performance Objectives
  • Week 4: The Three Es and Value Optimisation
  • Week 5: Process Design, Mapping, and Flowcharting
  • Week 6: Lean Operations and Waste Reduction
  • Week 7: Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Total Quality Management (TQM) Philosophy
  • Week 10: Quality Improvement Tools and Techniques
  • Week 11: Emerging Technologies in Quality and Operations Management
  • Week 12: Applying Operations Management in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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