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Master of Science in Operations Management & Logistics

Master of Science in Operations Management & Logistics. Prof. Geert-Jan van Houtum Program Director OML (interim), Director of the Graduate Program IE. Who are expected today. Degree students OML So, the following students are not addressed now: Exchange students

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Master of Science in Operations Management & Logistics

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  1. Master of Science inOperations Management & Logistics Prof. Geert-Jan van Houtum Program Director OML (interim), Director of the Graduate Program IE

  2. Who are expected today • Degree students OML • So, the following students are not addressed now: • Exchange students • Premaster students who have not yet been admitted to take graduate courses • Students that have not completed their Bachelor program as they cannot be admitted to graduate classes /School of Industrial Engineering

  3. Credit system • European Credit Transfer System • Basedon student estimatedworkload • 1 ects= 28 hrs of workload • Graduate courses: 5 ects(all full semester courses) • Exception: language and communicationcourses • Deficiency courses: 5 ects(but half semester course) • 30 ectsin one semester • Typically6 courses per semester /School of Industrial Engineering

  4. AcademicCalendar 2 semesters 2 quartersper semester 8 weeks of classes per quarter 2 weeks exams per quarter Make-up exams in August /School of Industrial Engineering

  5. Registration • Course registration is not required • Except for language classes • Except if teacher indicated this for team formation • However, course registration is stronglyrecommended via OASE • Exam registration is required • Taking exam without being registered: exam will not be graded • Withdraw exam registration if you decide not to take the exam (otherwise a no-show will appear on your grade list) • Except if there is no written exam /School of Industrial Engineering

  6. OASE: Adding and dropping courses Always add the course to your OASE course list Deregister from the course if you decide to drop the course (as a courtesy to the professor and your fellow students) If a course contains team work, make a commitment to your team mates for the entire semester or drop the course in the first week In principle, do not match up with exchange students during your team work /School of Industrial Engineering

  7. Pilot with new Learning Management System: CANVAS 1CM65 1CM05 1BM05 Initialregistration via OASE, manual transfer to Canvas ieis.instructure.com /School of Industrial Engineering

  8. OML: many different research interestsby mentors • Incentives and motivation • Impact of stress and well-beingon performance • business processmodeling • ICT architectures • software engineering • productionplanning • inventorycontrol & supplychainplanning • Operationalfinance • Quality and reliability engineering /School of Industrial Engineering

  9. Program Composition • Core courses (compulsory): 30 ects • RestrictedElectives: maximum 30 ects • Free Electives: minimum 20 ects • Master Thesis: • Preparation: 10 ects • Thesis workitself: 30 ects /School of Industrial Engineering

  10. Semester 4 Semester 3 Semester 2 Semester 1 Program structure Master Thesis Thesis Preparation International Term* Free Electives Restricted Electives Core Courses /School of Industrial Engineering

  11. Core courses • 1JM11 - Performance Enhancement (Fall) • 1CM22 – Integrated Financial & Operations Management (Spring) • 0LM05 – Philosophy of Management Science (Fall) • 1ZM31 – Multivariate statistics (Spring) • One out of two: • 1BM05 - Business ProcessManagement (Fall) • 1BM41 – Business Information System Architectures (Spring) • Oneout of two: • 1CM10 – Modeling & Analysis of Manufacturing Systems (Fall) • 1CM25 – Supply Chain Operations Planning (Spring) /School of Industrial Engineering

  12. Electives • Restrictedelectives • max. 30 ectstobeapprovedby mentor • Free electives • Any graduate course at TU/e • Any graduate course at another Dutch university (for EU students only and subject to admission) • Except where indicated or if there is a clear overlap with an IE undergraduate course or a graduate course already listed • At least 10 credits in C category (business / social sciences) /School of Industrial Engineering

  13. Mentor system • Select mentor at the end of your first semester • Whenyoustudyaccordingto the planned speed • One semester later ifyouwillneed 2.5 yearsfor the whole program, andso on • Roleof mentor: • assistancewithcomposition of study program • approval of restrictedelectives • adviseonstudy, incl international semester • assistancewithselection and preparation of thesis topic and thesis proposal (and companyifneeded) • supervision of thesis project • The thesis topic has to match with research interests of the mentor /School of Industrial Engineering

  14. Mentor matching procedure • You should register for the mentor matching procedure in the semester you want to take part via OASE, course code 1MC00 • Course 1MC00 willbeopened for registration on 1 March (or closelyafterthat date). Registrationwillbeclosedonemonth later • Therewillbe information sessionsof the variousresearch areas (tobeannounced). Look already at mentor p • Mentor interviews 3 subsequent weeks • Mentor/student decisions and submission of forms: next 4 weeks • In case of a match, the student fills in the mentor selection form and hands it in at the education administration office to definitely formalize the mentor selection. • Subsequently, studentsthat have notyet found a mentor, can continue to approach those mentors withleftovercapacity • Studentsthat have not found a mentor by the end of the semester, willbeallocated a mentor /School of Industrial Engineering

  15. Information on mentors For list of mentors, see http://onderwijs.ieis.tue.nl/en/ie/oml/mentors For research interests, see Mentor pages at the above site Personal web pages: http://www.tue.nl/universiteit/faculteiten/faculteit-ie-is/de-faculteit/medewerkers/ For completed master theses topics, see link on: http://www.tue.nl/studeren/tue-graduate-school/masteropleidingen/operations-management-logistics/studieopbouw/master-thesis/ /School of Industrial Engineering

  16. Optionswithin the program • Double diploma (INPG – France and KAIST- Korea) • forstudentswithundergraduate diploma at TU/e – IE • Apply at admission board before end of yourfirst semester • Semester abroad • forstudentswithout any TU/e administeredscholarship and a standard program (nodeficiencies) • Healthcare track • Honors Track in Research (PhD degree) • Honors Track in Design (PDEng degree) /School of Industrial Engineering

  17. What is an honours track? • A number of special courses, • with a total load of 20 ECTS (as extra ECTS), • offered to a selection of master students, • to test and develop capabilities for • Design: PDEng Logistics Management Systems (LMS), or • Research: PhD.

  18. PDEng and PhD programs SAI PDEng Logistics Management Systems BETA PhD Operations Management & Logistics 48 months program With honors track completed:36-42 months as research assistant (promovendus) Aimed at conductingacademicresearch tobecomean independent researcher eligiblefor a universitycareer Skills: methodologies, writing, research questionsdevelopment, creatingacademic impact • 24 months program • With honors track completed: 18 months as trainee (salary/contract) • Aimed at designing complex logistics systems and preparing them for full implementation • Skills: system development, design, consultancy, presentations, organizational change

  19. Honors track in Design (HiD) Offeredby the followingHiDmentors for OML students: • Prof. Dr. Ir. Jan Fransoo • Prof. Dr. Ir. Paul Grefen • Prof. Dr. Ir. Geert-Jan van Houtum • Prof. Dr. Ton de Kok • Prof. Dr. Tom van Woensel (other professors maybeaddedifdesired)

  20. Honors track in Design (HiD) • A 20 ECTS choise from LMS core courses: - Design of Advanced Planning Processes - Simulation for Design - Programming for Design - Software Development for Design - Management of Organizational Change and Implementation - Project Management in Innovation Processes - Design Assignment in Designated Areas, In addition, one can do 10 ECTS as elective.

  21. Honors track in Design (HiD) Design Assignments involve: - Assessing the value of knowledge from master courses for solving company problems, - Company visits, - Company presentations. Grading based on: - value for company, - innovativeness of solutions.

  22. Honors Track in Design (HiD):Advantages • Development of extra design skills • Idealpreparationforcontinuationin the LMS program aftercompletion of the master program • Priority forpositionswithin the LMS program of Industrial Engineering (but, we give no guarantee) • LMS program canbedonewithin 14-16 instead of 20 months

  23. Honors Track in Design (HiD) • Ifcompletedsuccessfully, access to the LMS program, • On a contract toprepareforandexecute a design project for a specific company, • Supervisedby design mentor. Further information: Prof. Will Bertrand (director LMS) For applications: Contact Prof. Bertrand (or one of the HiD mentors) Criteria forselection: Among top 15% of allstudents + design attitude

  24. Honors track in Research (HiR) Offeredby the followingHiR mentors: • In principleallqualified mentors within OML • It is advisedto have a full professor involved (as mentor or second supervisor)

  25. Honors track in Research (HiR) • Consists of: • Two mini-research projects to discover two different research fields, in 1st year (5 ects per project) • PhD courses, in 2nd year (10 ects) • Master thesis project: • Topic and supervisor chosen at the end of 1st year • Is preceded by the writing of a PhD research proposal (instead of literature study and formulation thesis assignment) • Proposal can be used to compete for grants (at e.g. NWO) • Master thesis is on first part of the PhD research proposal • Additional PhD courses can be followed in 2nd year of master, as part of the electives

  26. Honors track in Research (HiR): Advantages • Development of extra research skills • Idealpreparationforcontinuation as PhD student aftercompletion of the master program • Priority forpositionswithin the PhD program of Industrial Engineering (but, we give no guarantee) • PhD program canbedonein 3-3.5 instead of 4 years • Equivalent to research (Mphil) masters, as seen at Tilburg University and Erasmus University

  27. More information • Schedules, exams: http://oase.tue.nl • Course related: http://oase.tue.nl or http://ieis.instructure.com • Usesubscriptionoptionsfor oase news! • Department and program relatedinformation : http://education.ieis.tue.nl • JoinourFacebookgroup: Operations Management & Logistics TU/e: program news, jobs, traineeships, etc. • Studyadvisor: Mrs Anja Kirkels: a.c.j.kirkels@tue.nl • Contact her foranyquestionsaboutstudy planning, study-relatedorpersonal issues thatmay affect yoursuccess in the program /School of Industrial Engineering

  28. Join Group: Operations Management & Logistics TU/e /School of Industrial Engineering

  29. Join TU/e OML Group onLinkedIn /School of Industrial Engineering

  30. Use the website education.ieis.tue.nl • Rules and regulations • Forms • News and updates • It is your responsibility to be informed! /School of Industrial Engineering

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