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IME 3260 - Operations Planning and Control
Catalog Description:
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)
Course Objectives, Performance Criteria, and Outcomes:
Course Objectives |
ABET-TAC Outcomes2 |
Performance Criteria Measured1 |
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|---|---|---|---|
Investigate & understand the overall decision making framework associated with the field of Operation Planning & Control |
i, j |
Quiz, test, homework |
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Ability to select and apply a knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to engineering technology problems that require the application of principles and applied procedures or methodologies |
a, b*, k |
Quiz, test, homework, case study B3 The outcome of this criteria is tracked with a goal of 80% of participants will score 80% or higher. |
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Conduct, analyze and interpret experiments and apply experimental results to improve processes |
d, f |
Homework, outside activity collecting data and analyzing it (akin to a laboratory experiment) |
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Apply creativity in the design of systems, components or processes appropriate to program objectives |
e, f* |
Online personalized homework F3 |
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Be a member of a project team and function effectively |
e, f |
In-class or out-of-class case study or exercises |
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Identify, analyze and solve technical problems |
d, f |
Homework, tests, quizzes |
Performance Criteria1: IME performance criteria may be found at http://www.wmich.edu/ime/performance-criteria.html
ABET-TAC Outcomes2: Outcomes may be found at http://www.abet.org/
*results tracked in ABET course notebooks
Textbooks:
Production & Operations Management by Jay Heizer and Barry Render, Prentice Hall, 2010
References:
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.
Course Coordinator:
Tarun Gupta
Western Michigan University
E-220 Parkview Campus
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5336
Phone: 276-3361
Email: tarun.gupta@wmich.edu
Revision Date: Summer 2011