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  • OPIM 653: Mathematical Modeling and its Application in Finance

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Quantitative methods have become fundamental tools in the analysis and planning of financial operations. There are many reasons for this development: the emergence of a whole range of new complex financial instruments, innovations in securitization, the volatility of fixed-income markets since interest rate deregulation, the increased globalization of the financial markets, the proliferation of information technolgy, and so on. In this course, models for hedging, asset allocation, and multi-period portfolio planning are developed, implemented, and tested. In addition, pricing models for options, bonds, mortgage-backed securities, and swaps are discussed. The models typically require the tools of statistics, optimization, and/or simulation, and they are implemented in spreadsheets or a high-level modeling environment, MATLAB. This course is quantitative and will require extensive computer use. The course is intended for students who have a strong interest in finance. Prospective students of this course should be comfortable with quantitative methods, such as basic statistics and the methodologies (mathematical programming and simulation) taught in OPIM 621 Management Science.
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  • OPIM 654: Product Design and Development

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. The course provides the student with a number of tools and concepts necessary for creating and managing product development processes.The course consists of two interwoven parts. First, it presents the basic steps that are necessary for moving from a "cool idea" to a product sufficiently mature to launch an entrepreneurial start-up. This includes cases, lectures, and exercises on topics like identifying customer needs, developing a product concept as well as effective prototyping strategies. The capstone of this first part is a real project in which student teams conceptualize and develop a new product or service up to the completion of a fully functional prototype. Second, the course discusses a number of challenges related to product development as encountered by management consultants, members of cross-functional development teams as well as general managers. We will analyze several cases related to, among others, resource allocation in R&D organizations, organizational forms of product development teams, as well as managing development projects across large geographic distances.
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  • OPIM 655: Operations,Marketing,and Design Integration

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 621, MKTG 622, OPIM 631, OPIM 632. Crosslisted with MKTG 655. This course covers topics that span marketing and operations management. Students will examine issues and decisions that require significant coordination between managers in marketing and operations. Topics include channel management, supply chain design, product variety management and service operations pricing and control.
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  • OPIM 656: Operations Strategy

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Prerequisite(s): OPIM 621, OPIM 631, and OPIM 632 or equivalent. Crosslisted with ESE 522. This course examines how organizations can develop and leverage excellence in process management. The first module focuses on operations strategy. In these classes, we examine what constitues an operation strategy and how organizations can create value by managing complexity, incertainty, and product development. In the second half of the course, we discuss recent developments in both manufacturing and service industries. Specifically, we examine initiatives in quality, lean manufacturing and enterprise-wide planning systems. The course is recommended for those interested in consulting or operations careers, as well as students with an engineering backround who wish to develop a better understandingof managing production processes.
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  • OPIM 658: Service Operations Management

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Prerequisite(s): Courses in operations management, linear programming, probability and statistics. The service sector represents the largest segment of most industrial economies. In the U.S., for example, it accounts for approximately 70% of GDP and 70% of employment. In addition to this "pure" service sector, the operations and competitive positions of many manufacturing firms are becoming increasingly service-oriented. While operational excellence is critical for success in most industries today, in a wide range of service industries this is particularly true. For example, recent, significant deregulation in banking, health care, and communications has led to intensified competition and pressure on operations. At the same time, the rapid evolution of information technology has enabled firms to operate in a fashion - and offer a level of service -that has not been previously possible. Elements common to most services make the management of their operations complex, however. In particular, services are intangible, not storable or transportable, and often highly variable. Frequently their delivery involves distributed operations with a significant amount of customer contact. All of these factors make service opertions end up looking quite a bit different than manufacturing operations, and the task of achieving excellence in them requires specialized analysis frameworks and tools. This course covers a mix of qalitative and quantitative models that provide the necessary tools. The class will focus on simple models that should help you to better understand both the difficulty of managing and the underlying economics of the service operations being considered. You will have the opportunity to apply these course tools in a group service assessment field project.
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  • OPIM 659: Advanced Topics in Quantitative Methods and Operations Management

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Prerequisite(s): OPIM 631 and OPIM 632. The specific content of this course varies from semester to semester, depending on student and faculty interest. Recent topics have included global operations, product design and development, quality management, and logistics strategy. See department for course description.
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  • OPIM 660: Information Systems for Managers

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Crosslisted with ESE 508. The advances achieved in information technologies and systems (IT&S) -- primarily computing and communications systems -- have been, and will continue to be extraordinary. Consequently, the scope and practical import of IT&S can hardly be overestimated. "Management Information Systems (MIS) is the practice of using computer and communication systems to solve problems in organizations. This course is designed to provide the essential skills and technology-based insights needed in order to manage effective problem solving with information technologies and systems (IT&S), and to extract the most value from an actual or potential information system." The course is organized around several "hands on" cases or projects, through which students teams become familiar with important information technologies, including databases and the Internet. Students completing this course will have mastered a basic understanding of information technology, the fundamentals of the use of information technology in business, and essential information technology survival skills.
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  • OPIM 662: Enabling Technologies

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Technology is a vital input to the process of wealth creation in a networked economy. This course is about understanding emerging technology enablers with the goal of stimulating thought on new applications for commerce. The class is a comprehensive overview of various emerging technologies and culminates in a class-driven identification of new and novel businesses that exploit these enablers. No prerequisite or technical background is assumed. Students with little prior technical background can use the course to become more technologically informed. Those with moderate to advanced technical background may find the course a useful survey of emerging technologies. The course is recommended for students interested in careers in consulting, investement banking and venture capital in the tech sector.
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  • OPIM 664: Database and Information Management Systems

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Data and information are critical to the modern organization. Whether used in knowledge management, business intelligence, enterprise resource planning (ERP), product design, marketing, personalization and other aspects of managing customer relationships (CRM), the underlying principles of data management are the same. This course aims to provide a practical introduction to the fundamental principles. Examples and exercises will cover the relational database tools at the core of ERP, CRM, and on-line exchanges and portals. However, the course will also use the same basic foundations to consider emerging technologies and standards such as XML, ebXML, UDDI, etc.
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