At the end of this course, the students; 1) Gain an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering 2) Gain an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems 3) Gain an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary engineering practice. 4) Explain the strategic, tactical and operational level decisions 5) Define the production types 6) Design the facilities, processes and capacities 7) Explain the important issues in production development 8) Define the inventory models, scheduling problems and their solution methods and plan the production
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
None
COURSE DEFINITION
Planning and scheduling problems in production systems. Master production schedule. Production programs. Order (production) quantities. Material and capacity requirement planning. Line balancing problems. Mathematical models and heuristic methods for single and multiple machine scheduling problems.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Production, Production Systems, Production Planning and Control
2nd Week
Design of a Forecasting System
3rd Week
Design of Products and Process, Process Planning
4th Week
Capacity Planning-Technology and Equipment Selection
5th Week
Plant Layout and Location, Work Design and Measurement
6th Week
Master Production Planning, Aggregate Planning
7th Week
Short Term Scheduling
8th Week
Midterm Exam
9th Week
Periodic and Continuous Review Inventory Models,
10th Week
Static and Dynamic Inventory Models, Inventory Control
11th Week
Materail Requirements Planning (MRP)
12th Week
Lot Sizing Techniques in MRP
13th Week
MRP Applications
14th Week
MRP and CRP (Capacity Requirement Planning)
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Johnson, L.A, Montgomery, D.C, (1974) Operations Research in Production Planning, Scheduling, and Inventory Control, John Wiley & Sons. Narasimhan, S.L, McLeavey, D.W, Billington, P.J, (1995) Production Planning and Inventory Control, Prentice Hall.
