END307

Production Systems Planning

Faculty \ Department
School of Engineering \ Industrial Engineering
Course Credit
ECTS Credit
Course Type
Instructional Language
3
6
Compulsory
English
Prerequisites
END 214*
Programs that can take the course
Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Program
Course Description
Introduction to production systems and production management, forecasting, deterministic and stochastic inventory control, aggregate planning, production capacity planning, material requirements planning, shop floor scheduling.
Textbook and / or References
Production and Operations Analysis, by S. Nahmias, McGraw-Hill (Text book), 7th edition.
Operations Management (10th Edition) by Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Prentice Hall.
J. A. Fitzsimmons, M.J. Fitzsimmons, Bordoloi S.K., Service Management Operations, Strategy, Information Technology. McGraw-Hill, 8th Edition , 2014.
Factory Physics by W.J. Hopp and M.L. Spearman, McGraw Hill.
Inventory management, Production planning and Scheduling, by E. Silver, David Pyke, and R. Peterson, Wiley.
Introduction to materials management, by J. R. Arnoldi S. N. H. Chapman, L. M. Clive, Pearson.
Course Objectives
This course introduces the production systems and production management and it covers the conventional functions in production planning hierarchy.
Course Outcomes
1. General knowledge on production management
2. Ability to construct forecasting models and use them
3. Ability to develop inventory and production control policies under independent demand.
4. Ability to model and to solve aggregate planning and capacity planning problems
5. Ability to understand inputs, outputs, and the implementation of material requirement planning.
6. Ability to use scheduling approaches in the shop floor management.
Tentative Course Plan
Week 1: Introduction to Operations Strategy
Week 2: Forecasting
Week 3: Forecasting
Week 4: Aggregate Planing
Week 5: Aggregate Planning
Week 6: Inventory control with Known Demand
Week 7: Inventory Control with Stochastic Demand
Week 8: Inventory Control with Stochastic Demand
Week 9: Material requirements planning/Manufacturing Resources Planning/JIT
Week 10: Material requirements planning/Manufacturing Resources Planning/JIT
Week 11: Operations Scheduling
Week 12: Operations Scheduling
Tentative Assesment Methods
Activities Number Weight (%)
Course Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Homework - -
Project - -
Presentation - -
Field Work - -
Internship - -
Course Boards - -
Quiz 7 30%
Midterm Exam 1 30%
Final Exam 1 40%
Total 100%

Tentative ECTS-Workload Table
Activities Number/Weeks Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours (first 6 weeks) 6 4 24
Course Hours (last 6 weeks) 6 3 18
Laboratory - - -
Application - - -
Homework - - -
Project - - -
Presentation - - -
Field Work - - -
Internship - - -
Course Boards - - -
Preparation for Quiz 7 4 28
Preparation for Midterm Exam 1 17 17
Final Exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Final Exam 1 20 20
Study Hours Out of Class (preliminary work, reinforcement, etc.) 12 5 60
Total Workload 169
Total Workload / 30 169 / 30
5.633333
ECTS Credits of the Course 6
Program Outcome **
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Course Outcome
1 C C B
2 C A, B, C B C B
3 C A, B, C B C B
4 C A, B, C B C B
5 C A, B, C B C B
6 C A, B, C B C B
* This is a prerequisite for students majoring in this subject. Other students must consult with the relevant department.