Study of process and equipment used in modern production including material removal, forming, joining, assembly and casting. Design considerations, economic factors, automation, metals and plastics processing, fabrication of electronic materials. Study of basic manufacturing processes and systems on process principles and technology and capabilities, material selection, and comparative analysis.. Other topics include NC, non-traditional methods, measurement, and statistical methods.
Long and Short-term demand forecasting methods, Regression analysis and smoothing methods, Estimation of trend, cycle, and seasonality components, Analysis of forecast error and computer control of forecasting systems. Aggregate planning and master production scheduling, Aggregation techniques, Aggregate capacity scheduling, Disaggregation of aggregate plan. Analytical and computer integrated solution techniques, Operations scheduling and control: Basic sequencing and scheduling techniques, Dispatching rules, Progress chasing and Updating of production schedules. Design of production planning and control systems: system design for continuous and intermittent production systems, Integration of master production, Material requirement and Shop scheduling systems.
Building blocks of a supply chain network. Supply chain inventory management: Newsboy, Base-stock, and (Q,r) models, multi-echelon supply chains, bullwhip effect. Best practice supply chain solutions. Internet-enabled supply chains