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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.

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