1. Course Description |
Production Planning and Control is a study of the concepts, principles, problems, and procedures involved in managing manufacturing processes. This course is to introduce students to the important issues managers face in planning, controlling, and managing operations and supply chains. The focus will be placed on discussions of various types of production systems and several techniques commonly used for production planning and control. The students will also be exposed to selected models for the analysis and replenishment of inventories. And, will be introduced to, aggregate planning, operations strategy, capacity planning, supply-chain management, just-in-time systems, lean manufacturing, Materials Requirement Planning (MRP), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), short-term scheduling and sequencing, lean Production and Supply Chain Management. |
2. Course Main Objective |
This course aims to provide students with the knowledge to some tools and techniques needed from industrial engineer in production and operation management. It provides student insights into forecasting, Inventory management, Capacity and Aggregate planning, Material Requirement Planning (MRP), Scheduling. Also, it introduces students to some important aspects: lean Production, and supply chain management. |
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