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Operations

Throughput, quality, and reliability in producing goods and services.

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Topics

Foundations

Orientation and shared vocabulary for this subject.

Application

Constraints in real jobs in Operations

Constraints in real jobs as it applies to Operations.

Cost and benefit in Operations

Cost and benefit as it applies to Operations.

Failure modes in Operations

Failure modes as it applies to Operations.

Implementation steps in Operations

Implementation steps as it applies to Operations.

Maintenance over time in Operations

Maintenance over time as it applies to Operations.

Problem framing in Operations

Problem framing as it applies to Operations.

Risk in Operations

Risk as it applies to Operations.

Scaling up in Operations

Scaling up as it applies to Operations.

Stakeholders in Operations

Stakeholders as it applies to Operations.

Trade-offs in Operations

Trade-offs as it applies to Operations.

Communication

Cross-disciplinary talk in Operations

Cross-disciplinary talk as it applies to Operations.

Explaining to beginners in Operations

Explaining to beginners as it applies to Operations.

Media coverage in Operations

Media coverage as it applies to Operations.

Open questions in Operations

Open questions as it applies to Operations.

Policy briefs in Operations

Policy briefs as it applies to Operations.

Presentations in Operations

Presentations as it applies to Operations.

Public controversy in Operations

Public controversy as it applies to Operations.

Teaching others in Operations

Teaching others as it applies to Operations.

Visuals that teach in Operations

Visuals that teach as it applies to Operations.

Writing clear summaries in Operations

Writing clear summaries as it applies to Operations.

Comparison

Analogies from other fields in Operations

Analogies from other fields as it applies to Operations.

Common confusions in Operations

Common confusions as it applies to Operations.

Competing models in Operations

Competing models as it applies to Operations.

Consensus areas in Operations

Consensus areas as it applies to Operations.

Debates that matter in Operations

Debates that matter as it applies to Operations.

Historical shifts in Operations

Historical shifts as it applies to Operations.

Interdisciplinary links in Operations

Interdisciplinary links as it applies to Operations.

Regional differences in Operations

Regional differences as it applies to Operations.

Schools of thought in Operations

Schools of thought as it applies to Operations.

Translation of terms in Operations

Translation of terms as it applies to Operations.

Context

Climate and environment in Operations

Climate and environment as it applies to Operations.

Demographics in Operations

Demographics as it applies to Operations.

Equity and access in Operations

Equity and access as it applies to Operations.

Funding in Operations

Funding as it applies to Operations.

Future scenarios in Operations

Future scenarios as it applies to Operations.

Global trends in Operations

Global trends as it applies to Operations.

Institutions in Operations

Institutions as it applies to Operations.

Regulation in Operations

Regulation as it applies to Operations.

Social impact in Operations

Social impact as it applies to Operations.

Technology change in Operations

Technology change as it applies to Operations.

Core ideas

Abstraction levels in Operations

Abstraction levels as it applies to Operations.

Cause and correlation in Operations

Cause and correlation as it applies to Operations.

Central definitions in Operations

Central definitions as it applies to Operations.

Equilibrium and change in Operations

Equilibrium and change as it applies to Operations.

Feedback loops in Operations

Feedback loops as it applies to Operations.

Laws, rules, or patterns in Operations

Laws, rules, or patterns as it applies to Operations.

Models and diagrams in Operations

Models and diagrams as it applies to Operations.

Scale: micro to macro in Operations

Scale: micro to macro as it applies to Operations.

Systems and parts in Operations

Systems and parts as it applies to Operations.

Units and measurement in Operations

Units and measurement as it applies to Operations.

Deep dives

Advanced preview in Operations

Advanced preview as it applies to Operations.

Capstone directions in Operations

Capstone directions as it applies to Operations.

Classic papers or texts in Operations

Classic papers or texts as it applies to Operations.

Edge cases in Operations

Edge cases as it applies to Operations.

Landmark discoveries in Operations

Landmark discoveries as it applies to Operations.

Minority reports in Operations

Minority reports as it applies to Operations.

Open research fronts in Operations

Open research fronts as it applies to Operations.

Paradigm shifts in Operations

Paradigm shifts as it applies to Operations.

Synthesis projects in Operations

Synthesis projects as it applies to Operations.

Where to go next in Operations

Where to go next as it applies to Operations.

Evidence

Anomalies in Operations

Anomalies as it applies to Operations.

Bias and blind spots in Operations

Bias and blind spots as it applies to Operations.

Case studies in Operations

Case studies as it applies to Operations.

Conflicting studies in Operations

Conflicting studies as it applies to Operations.

Data tables and charts in Operations

Data tables and charts as it applies to Operations.

Primary sources in Operations

Primary sources as it applies to Operations.

Secondary summaries in Operations

Secondary summaries as it applies to Operations.

Strong versus weak claims in Operations

Strong versus weak claims as it applies to Operations.

Triangulation in Operations

Triangulation as it applies to Operations.

Uncertainty language in Operations

Uncertainty language as it applies to Operations.

Methods

Documentation in Operations

Documentation as it applies to Operations.

Estimation and error in Operations

Estimation and error as it applies to Operations.

Ethics in method in Operations

Ethics in method as it applies to Operations.

Experiments and controls in Operations

Experiments and controls as it applies to Operations.

Observation protocols in Operations

Observation protocols as it applies to Operations.

Peer review in Operations

Peer review as it applies to Operations.

Replication in Operations

Replication as it applies to Operations.

Reproducible workflows in Operations

Reproducible workflows as it applies to Operations.

Simulation and models in Operations

Simulation and models as it applies to Operations.

Surveys and samples in Operations

Surveys and samples as it applies to Operations.

Orientation

Careers and roles in Operations

Careers and roles as it applies to Operations.

Everyday examples in Operations

Everyday examples as it applies to Operations.

History in one glance in Operations

History in one glance as it applies to Operations.

How claims get checked in Operations

How claims get checked as it applies to Operations.

Jargon worth learning first in Operations

Jargon worth learning first as it applies to Operations.

Objects you study in Operations

Objects you study as it applies to Operations.

Reading habits that stick in Operations

Reading habits that stick as it applies to Operations.

Tools practitioners use in Operations

Tools practitioners use as it applies to Operations.

What questions the field asks in Operations

What questions the field asks as it applies to Operations.

What the field is not in Operations

What the field is not as it applies to Operations.

Skills

Checklists in Operations

Checklists as it applies to Operations.

Collaboration norms in Operations

Collaboration norms as it applies to Operations.

Debugging mistakes in Operations

Debugging mistakes as it applies to Operations.

Hands-on practice in Operations

Hands-on practice as it applies to Operations.

Mentorship in Operations

Mentorship as it applies to Operations.

Pattern recognition in Operations

Pattern recognition as it applies to Operations.

Portfolio pieces in Operations

Portfolio pieces as it applies to Operations.

Self-assessment in Operations

Self-assessment as it applies to Operations.

Speed versus accuracy in Operations

Speed versus accuracy as it applies to Operations.

Tooling basics in Operations

Tooling basics as it applies to Operations.