Sean Willems

Sean Willems
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  • OIDD1010 - Introduction To Oidd

    OIDD 101 explores a variety of common quantitative modeling problems that arise frequently in business settings, and discusses how they can be formally modeled and solved with a combination of business insight and computer-based tools. The key topics covered include capacity management, service operations, inventory control, structured decision making, constrained optimization and simulation. This course teaches how to model complex business situations and how to master tools to improve business performance. The goal is to provide a set of foundational skills useful for future coursework atWharton as well as providing an overview of problems and techniques that characterize disciplines that comprise Operations and Information Management.

  • OIDD3800 - Operations Analytics Capstone

    This capstone provides students with the opportunity to solve real-world operations analytics problems. Students will apply the learnings from their prior coursework in the Operations Management / Management Science track to solve problems shared by companies including Amazon, Formlabs, Google, and Intel. Anonymized problems from a cloud computing company, consumer packaged goods company, and food supplier will also be covered in the course. The capstone is designed to provide theoretical and practical skills for students looking to hone their data processing and analytical problem-solving skills. The kinds of analysis we will conduct in this capstone are consistent with the work conducted by first-year consultants. These consultants could be employed by traditional management-consulting firms or they could be hired into internal analytical roles or leadership development programs at companies.

  • OIDD6590 - Advanced Topics: Supply Chain

    OIDD 6590 enables students to develop modeling skills and a problem-solving toolkit applicable to the design and planning of supply chains. The course is comprised of case studies written by recent MBA students tackling real supply chain analytics problems. Some of the cases covered describe work at Gillette, Google, HP, a franchise fitness studio, and a steel importer. The course covers capacity problems including machine scheduling, strategic sourcing in the presence of tariffs, and network design. The course covers inventory problems including postponement center sizing, multiechelon inventory optimization, and supply chain configuration.

  • OIDD6800 - Ops Strategy Practicum

    This course will focus on the management of operations at manufacturing and service facilities of domestic corporations and foreign multinational companies. Our emphasis will be on the evolving patterns of operations strategies adopted by firms for producing products, sourcing manufacturing, distributing products, delivering services and managing product design as well as on programs for enhancing quality, productivity and flexibility. The course will focus on the formulation and execution of such strategies for a collection of firms in the context of the current dynamics of global competition. The course consists of a set of site visits and in-class sessions which include lectures, case discussions and management speakers who will describe their company's current strategy.

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