Syllabus
Introduction, production planning and control – product design – value analysis and value engineering – plant location and layout – equipment selection – maintenance planning – job, batch, and flow production methods – group technology – work study – time and motion study – work/job evaluation – inventory control – manufacturing planning – total quality management – Taguchi’s quality engineering – network models.
Text Books
- 1. Narasimhan, S. L., McLeavey D. W., and Billington, P. J., Production, Planning and Inventory Control, Prentice Hall (1977).
- 2. Riggs, J. L., Production Systems: Planning, Analysis and Control, 3rd ed., Wiley (1981).
References
1. Muhlemann, A., Oakland, J. O., and Lockyer, K., Productions and Operations Management, Macmillan (1992).
2. Taha, H. A., Operations Research: An Introduction, 9th ed., Pearson (2010).
3. Sharma, J. K., Operations Research, Macmillan (1997).
Course Outcomes (COs):
CO1: Identify the elements of operations management and the various transformation processes to enhance industrial productivity and competitiveness.
CO2: Prepare demand forecasts, aggregate production plans, master production schedule and materials requirement plans.
CO3: Analyze and solve facility planning problems, sequencing and scheduling problems in various manufacturing environments, and balancing of production line in a flow manufacturing environment.
CO4: Apply suitable inventory control techniques for materials management and quality control measures for total quality management.