Contents:
1. Production systems and operations management
- introduction
- related issues of operations management
- operations function in organizations
- role of models in operations management
- classifying problems
2. Location of production and service facilities
- introduction
- reasons for location changes
- general factors influencing location
- general procedures for facility location
- some other facility location models
3. Layout planning
- introduction
- effects of a plant layout
- factors affecting layout
- systematic layout planning (SLP)
- other approaches to plant layout
- types of layout
- material handling
4. Purchasing systems and vendor rating
- introduction
- functions of material management
- purchasing or procurement function
- models of purchasing materials
- steps in one complete purchasing cycle
- vendor rating
- what is expected of a better buyer
- some working definitions
- stores and material control
- stores management
5. Operations planning and control (OPC)
- introduction
- benefits of better OPC
- main functions of OPC
- detailed functions of OPC
6. Inventory control
- introduction
- purpose of inventories
- objective of inventory management
- types of inventory control techniques
- stocking of perishables
7. Material requirement planning
- introduction
- need for material planning
- basic MRP concepts
- factor affecting the computation of MRP
- objectives of MRP system
- prerequisites and assumptions of MRP
- inputs to MRP
- MRP outputs
- MRP logic in brief
- manufacturing resource planning (MRP) II
- MRP implementation
- how can industry benefit from MRP?
8. Just-In-Time approach
- introduction
- history of relations between management and workers
- keys to successful JIT implementation
- Japanese VS American management
- how Japanese manufacturing ideally work?
- comparison of MRP and JIT
- requirements for successful implementation JIT
- goals of JIT manufacturing system
- theory of constraints (TOC)
- TOC tools
9. Project management
- introduction
- some terms related to network planning
- CPM and PERT model
- variability of activity times
- probability of completing a project by a given date
- project crashing and time-cost trade-off
- resource leveling
- resource leveling of project schedules
- project delay
10. Quality control
- introduction
- inspection
- some quality related terms
- statistical quality control (SQC)
- acceptance sampling
- sampling plans
- process variability and control
- control charts
- use of computers in quality control
11. Total quality management and ISO-9000
- what is TQM?
- TQM need commitment
- various approaches to TQM
- some quality and TQM related terms
- relationship between ISO 9000 and quality
- relationship between ISO 9000 and TQM
12. Linear programming
- introduction
- the LP formulation and underlying assumptions
- the general LP formulation
- different forms of linear programs
- the assignment problem
- transportation problem
13. Methods engineering
- introduction
- objective of work-study
- tools and techniques of work-study
- standardization
14. Mechanization, automation, and productivity
- introduction
- assembly line
- postal mechanization/early automation
- the age of automation
- productivity improvement stories
- automation systems today
15. Value analysis and value engineering
- introduction
- some basic concepts
- value tests
- steps in value analysis
- examples of value engineering
- value engineering and simplification analysis
- benefits of value engineering
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