EHL Course Catalogue 2011-2012 - Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne
EHL Course Catalogue 2011-2012 - Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne
EHL Course Catalogue 2011-2012 - Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne
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planning, organization and control of all resources and activities nee<strong>de</strong>d to offer a service through<br />
optimal process <strong>de</strong>sign.<br />
� Objective<br />
Upon successful completion of this unit, stu<strong>de</strong>nts will have acquired a knowledge of operations<br />
management tools and techniques which are mainly used in manufacturing industries and<br />
transferred them to services, both in strategic planning and day-to-day operations. In applying these<br />
tools to services, they will have measured their impact on key drivers - costs, revenues, customer<br />
satisfaction and productivity.<br />
8233IC – Hospitality processes<br />
30 hours of contact – 3 US quarter credits - 3 ECTS credits<br />
� Summary<br />
Stu<strong>de</strong>nts will <strong>de</strong>al with problems relating to the strategic and operational management of the<br />
logistics chain or, more broadly, with supply chain management (SCM) in the hospitality industry.<br />
They will address various issues concerned with procurement, production, distribution, inventory<br />
management, etc. To resolve them, they will apply simple mathematical tools <strong>de</strong>rived from<br />
manufacturing industry, and so optimize financial, human and material resources at all levels of<br />
the value chain.<br />
� Objective<br />
After passing this unit, the stu<strong>de</strong>nt will be able to:<br />
- Assess/evaluate every internal or external component of the supply chain, in a specific<br />
hospitality context.<br />
- Determine and quantify the impact of supply chain processes on value creation.<br />
- Propose solutions <strong>de</strong>signed to optimize the logistic chain, production and distribution.<br />
8230IC – Processes and information systems<br />
30 hours of contact – 3 US quarter credits – 3 ECTS credits<br />
� Summary<br />
This course introduces the stu<strong>de</strong>nt to the strategic significance of information technology in today‟s<br />
hospitality industry and the consequences of new technological <strong>de</strong>velopments in the areas of<br />
reservations, research and <strong>de</strong>sign, security and energy systems, offsite processes, in-room<br />
technology, etc.<br />
� Objective<br />
Upon successful completion of this unit, stu<strong>de</strong>nts will be able to assess the processes in an<br />
organisation and to propose innovative IT solutions in or<strong>de</strong>r to optimise operations, reduce costs and<br />
maximise profitability.