Manufacturing function; Elements of production systems; Types of production systems, objectives and functions of production planning and control, concept of production and productivity
Identification of product ideas and selection, product development and design; Product analysis: Marketing aspects, product characteristics, economic analysis, profitability and competitiveness, production aspects.
Systems approach to process planning and design, linkage, distinction between process planning and facilities planning, types of process design, product mix, process planning aids.
Concepts and applications, demand forecasting, principle of forecasting; Forecasting techniques: Quantitative and qualitative
Concept, strategies for aggregate planning: three pure planning strategies, master production scheduling (MPS), and procedure for developing MPS.
Importance of Capacity and Location decisions, Measuring Capacity, Capacity Strategy, Capacity Planning and Evaluation Methods. Facility location factors, evaluation of alternatives, Types of plant layout, evaluation, Computer aided layout, Assembly line balancing
Phases in production planning and control, operations planning and scheduling, scheduling techniques for job shop, stages in scheduling, load charts, Sequencing concept- job machine problems
Kanban and Pull system, Implementation of JIT Production
MRP-I, MRP-II, MRP Computational procedure, issues in MRP, evaluation of MRP, Introduction to ERP.
functions, costs, classifications, deterministic and probabilistic inventory models, quantity discount; perpetual and periodic inventory control systems.