Operations and Supply Chain Management

OTM 300 covers managing operations and supply chains by combining people, information, equipment, and materials to produce goods and services.

offering recorded3 credits

Summary

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Workload is light with few homeworks and a group project; exams allow a cheat sheet, though the midterm can be difficult.

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Professors

Fall 2026
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Raw average: 3.36/5 from 25 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 3.2/5 raw quality · 3.0/5 difficulty · 9 reviews

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Bob Batt delivers engaging lectures with interactive activities and guest speakers, making the content straightforward and exams manageable with a cheat sheet. However, as a first-time instructor for this course, he faced criticism for a disorganized Canvas, a confusing restructuring, and mandatory attendance. Some found lectures unhelpful and exam content misaligned with homework.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.29 GPA, 59.7% A/AB (n=390 letter grades).

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Timothy McClurg: Timothy McClurg is praised for clear teaching that complements the textbook, though one review notes the material can be dry. He is described as a good guy with well-taught concepts, and students find his instruction easy to understand.

AMIR FARD BAHREINI is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

BOB BATT is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JORDAN TONG is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TARIQ MUGHAL is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TIMOTHY MCCLURG is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

XIAOYANG LONG is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction134 / 1350
LEC 002Classroom Instruction135 / 1351
LEC 003Classroom Instruction121 / 1291

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Student experience

the class

Bob Batt makes lectures engaging with interactive activities and simulations, though some find the content straightforward and easy.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.18 GPA, 52.9% A/AB (n=348 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.29 GPA, 59.7% A/AB (n=390 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.67 GPA, 82.6% A/AB (n=455 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Workload is light with few homeworks and a group project; exams allow a cheat sheet, though the midterm can be difficult.

Students report disorganization, mandatory attendance, and exams that do not match prior work, with some finding lectures unhelpful or recordings useless.

Topics

  • Operations and supply chain management
  • Production and delivery of goods and services
  • System and process design, management, and improvement

Skills

  • Design, manage, and improve systems and processes
  • Achieve operations excellence and competitive advantage

Grades

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Fall 2026 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.20 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
OTM 300 · Fall 2026

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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