IENG 440 - PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL Fall 2002 Instructor: Dr.

Omar Ghrayeb Office: EB 242 Phone: 753-5660 E-mail: ghrayeb@ceet.niu.edu Class meetings: 11:00-12:15 TTH Office hrs: 10:00 12:00 Monday 2:30-4:00 Wednesday or by appointment Course Description: Analysis, design and management of production systems. Topics include productivity measurement, forecasting techniques, project planning, line balancing, inventory systems, aggregate planning, master scheduling, operations scheduling, and modern approaches to production management such as Just-In-Time production Prerequisites IENG 335 or equivalent. CRQ: IENG 370 or equivalent. Texts: 1. (Required) Nahmias, S., Production and Operations Analysis, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2001. 2. (Optional) Hopp, W. and Spearman M., Factory Physics, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2001.

Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to: Identify different strategies employed in manufacturing and service industries to plan production and control inventory. Measure the effectiveness, identify likely areas for improvement, develop and implement improved planning and control methods for production systems. Tentative outline: Subject: Production and Operations Strategy Forecasting Reading: Chapter 1 Chapter 2

Aggregate Planning Inventory Control Known Demand Inventory Control Uncertain Demand MRP JIT Operations Scheduling Supply Chain Management Grading: Final grades will be based on the following: Two Exams Final Homework Class Project 40% 20% 20% 20%

Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 6

Exams: all exams are closed book unless otherwise stated. Homework: homework will be collected at the beginning of the class session. No credit will be given to late assignments. Course Project The course project consists of a team of up to 4 students applying production planning techniques to solve a real world problem or conducting a literature review on a production-planning topic. Evaluation of the project will be based on the final report, which is due the last week of class, and the interim reports described below. Guidelines for the final report will be discussed later in the term. The project includes the following milestones: Sept. 17 Oct. 8 Team formation Provide me a list of team members (5%) Initial project summary Provide me a one to two page summary of your topic including a description of the problem setting and the proposed analysis. (10%) Project Update Provide me a project update with a detailed problem statement, proposed solution methodology, and preliminary results. (15%) Final Report (50%)

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