Context
The Operations management & Information Technology Department deals with
a wide range of issues, covering all the stages of Supply Chain
management, following the overall logistics chain of a company
from supplier to customer. This links in with today's environment
of globalized trade and breakthroughs in communication technology.
Skill
Areas
Through their teaching developments and research, the department's
professors developed specific expertise in areas such as:
- International manufacturing strategies
- Design and optimization of global logistics systems
- Setting up APS and ERP systems
- Purchasing Management
- Outsourcing and partnership
- Project Management and product design and development process
- Management of service activities
Teaching
on the cutting edge of technology
Not only does the department publish reference books, but it
is also involved in developing the latest teaching methods. Its
most recent achievements have included:
- Computerized tutorial in production management and in Manufacturing
Planning and Control,
- Production and distribution system presentation CD-ROM.
- Intranet sites to accompany the different course material
and support the student coaching.
Reference
works
The department's professors have published books which are considered
as key reference works, such as Management Industriel et Logistique
("Logistic and Industrial Management"), L'usine s'affiche
("The factory on display"), Politique d'achat et gestion
des approvisionnements ("Purchasing policy and procurement
management").
Research
Many research projects in the field of industrial and logistic
management have been achieved or are underway:
- Development strategy in an international supply chain context,
the example of the fashion industry
- Visual communication and leading semi-autonomous groups
- Modeling and optimizing the supply chain flow
