Methods of controlling and coordinating production using production planning, scheduling, inventory control, and dispatching. NOT FOR ENGINEERING CREDIT.

Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: STAT 2160 or 2600 or IME 2610.

Credits: 3 hours

Lecture Hours - Laboratory Hours: (3 to 0)

1. Able to understand the overall decision making process associated with the field of operations management. (a,b,g,j,k)
2. Able to forecast demand using time series and causal models (a,b,d,f,g,k)
3. Able to apply decision making techniques and to understand the strategic implications of decision regarding product, process and site location. (a,b,f,g,h,i,j,k)
4. Able to understand the difference between supply chain management and traditional purchasing. (a,b,f,g,h,i,j,k)
5. Able to apply aggregate planning and master production scheduling techniques to plan production (a,b,d,g,k)
6. Able to apply basic inventory control, material requirements planning and scheduling models in an operations environment. (a,b,d,g,k)
7. Able to analyze data presented in a case study and to interpret and present the information in written form. (g,h,i,j,k)

Objective 1:

• Explain the steps in the decision making process including the importance of problem identification and establishing practical alternatives.
• Recognize the need for sensitivity analysis of mathematical models and the use of physical and schematic model for operations decision making.

Objective 2:

• Solve demand forecasting problems using manual and computerized software.

Objective 3:

• Evaluate product, process and site location strategies using the break-even cost volume analysis, weighted methods and the center of gravity methods.

Objective 4:

• Explain the operations management functions included in supply chain management which were not part of the traditional purchasing function.

Objective 5:

• Develop aggregate plans and master production schedules considering common operational constraints on the process.

Objective 6:

• Develop independent inventory models for various business environments
• Identify material and capacity requirements using material and capacity requirements planning.
• Schedule production using dispatching rules in a shop floor control environment.

Objective 7:

• Complete a written assignment on the analysis of a make or buy or inventory control analysis.

Production & Operations Management by Jay Heizer and Barry Render. Prentice
Hall, 2004, 7th Edition.

Plossl, G.W. Production and Inventory Control: Principles and Techniques, Second Edition, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1985.

Orlicky, Joseph, Material Requirements Planning, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1975.

Plossl, G.W. Production and Inventory Control: Applications, George Plossl Educational Services, Inc., Marietta, GA 30067, 1983.

Monks, Joseph G., Operations Management, Theory and Problems, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 1987.

Schonberger, Richard J., World Class Manufacturing, New York, NY, Free Press, 1986.

Stevenson, W.J., Production/Operation Management 3 rd Edition, Irwin, 1990.

David Lyth, Ph.D.

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Western Michigan University
E-222 Parkview Campus
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5336
Phone: (269) 276-3368
Email: david.lyth@wmich.edu