PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL
Course Syllabus
1. Course overview and Principles of Operations and Productivity
2. Operations Strategy for Competitive Advantage
3. Forecasting Demand
4. Design of Goods and Services
5. Process Strategy and Capacity Planning
6. Facilities Management: Layout Strategies
7. Material Handling
8. Supply-Chain Management
9. Materials Management: Inventory Management and Problems
10. Production Planning for New Technologies: Just-in-time Systems, Lean Manufacturing, and
Agile Manufacturing
11. Master Production Planning and Materials Requirements Planning
12. Production Planning: Line Balancing Methods (Heuristic and Stochastic)
13. Production Planning: Aggregate Scheduling, Shop Loading, Sequencing
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