Upper 6, Term 1, Sept 2016 Course Outline

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Welcome Back Students!

Congrats on your success at Unit 1! I look

forward to even greater success in Unit 2!

Examination Assessment - Four exams worth

10% each and a final exam of 60%

Course Outline:

Week

Dates

Module

Exam dates

1

5-9 Sept

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4

2

13-16

1.5

3

19-23

1.6

Exam 1: Friday 23rd September

4

26-30

1.7

5

3-7 October

1.8

6

10-14

1.9; 1.10

Exam 2: Thursday 13th October

7

17-21

2.1. 2.2, 2.3

8

24-28

2.4

9

31-4 November

2.5

Exam 3: Friday 4th November

10

7-11

2.6

11

14-18

2.7

12

21-25

2.8

Exam 4: Friday 25th November

13

28-2 December

2.9, 2.10

Exam week

Year

Question

Module

Topics

covered

2016

1

1.2

Forecasting, moving average, sales force composite,

consumer survey method benefits

2

1.6

Direct costs vs indirect costs; make or buy decision

making, importance of managing production costs

2015

1

1.7

Economic Order Quantity, Just in time, Inventory

management;

Benefits of inventory management

2

1.8

Quality control vs quality assurance; benefits of

ISO certification; measures of quality

2014

1

1.1;

Production, production systems, productivity, location

2

1.8; 1.4

Outsourcing, quality economies and diseconomies of

scale, increase capacity

2013

1

1.8

Quality control vs quality assurance, performance,

improve quality

2

1.10

Network analysis, critical path, flow production

2012

1

1.10

CPA

2

1.8; 1.1

TQM, competitiveness, location

2011

1

1.8; 1.7

TQM, JIT, inventory control

2

1.9

Labour productivity, factors which impact on

productivity, factors to improve productivity

2010

1

1.8

JIT, inventory management, why firms hold

inventories

2

1.9

Compute labour productivity, explain productivity

figures, improving productivity

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