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Operations Management: Objectives

This document outlines the objectives and content of an Operations Management course. The objectives are to understand concepts of Operations Management and use them to improve organizational productivity. The course covers topics like production systems, forecasting, facility location, layout design, inventory control, aggregate planning, scheduling, work study, quality control, maintenance, and modern tools like just-in-time manufacturing. The textbook and additional references for the course are also listed.

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Operations Management: Objectives

This document outlines the objectives and content of an Operations Management course. The objectives are to understand concepts of Operations Management and use them to improve organizational productivity. The course covers topics like production systems, forecasting, facility location, layout design, inventory control, aggregate planning, scheduling, work study, quality control, maintenance, and modern tools like just-in-time manufacturing. The textbook and additional references for the course are also listed.

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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Objectives:
• To understand the concepts and techniques of Operations Management.
• To use the above for improving the Operational Productivity of Organisations.

UNIT-I:
Systems Concept of Production, Types of Production System, Productivity, World Class Manufacturing.
Process Planning & Design, selection of process, Value Analysis/Value Engineering, Make or Buy Decision.
Capacity Planning, forecasting: Nature and use of Forecast, Sources of data, Demand Patterns, Forecasting
Models, selection of a Forecasting Technique, Simple Moving Average Method, Weighted Moving Average,
Simple(single) Exponential Smoothing, Linear Regression, Delphi Method.
UNIT-II:
Facility Location: Factors influencing Plant Location, Break Even Analysis, Plant Layout & Materials
Handling: Classification of Layout, Advantages and Limitations of Process Layout, Advantages and
Limitations of Product Layout, Advantages and Limitations of Group Technology Layout. Layout Design
Procedures: Systematic Layout Design Procedure, Introduction to CRAFT, ALDEP & CORELAP, Material
Handling System, Unit Load Concept, Material Handling Principles, Classification of Materials Handling
Equipments.
Line Balancing: Concept of Mass Production System, Objective of Assembly Line Balancing, Rank Positional
Weight Method.
Inventory Control: Review of Basic Models of Inventory, Quantity Discount Model, Implementation of
Inventory Systems, P & Q system of Inventory.
UNIT-III:
Nature of Aggregate Planning Decisions, Aggregate Planning Strategies, Aggregate Planning Methods:
Heuristic Method, Transportation Model for Aggregate Planning, Material Requirement Planning: Product
Structure/Bill of Materials(BOM), MRP Concept.
Single Machine Scheduling: Types of Scheduling, Concept of Single Machine Scheduling, SPT Rule to
Minimize Mean Flow Time, Minimizing Weighted Mean Flow Time, EDD Rule to Minimize Maximum
Lateness, Flow Shop Scheduling: Introduction, Johnson’s Problem, Extension of Johnson’s Rule.
UNIT-IV:
Work Study: Method Study – Steps in Method Study, Recording, Examine Step, Principles of Motion
Economy, Time Study.
Quality Control: Introduction, Need for Controlling Quality, Definition of a Quality System, Classification of
Quality Control Techniques, Control Charts, Control Charts for Variable, Control Charts for Attributes, C-
Chart, Acceptance Sampling: Operating Characteristic Curve (O.C. Curve), Single Sampling Plan.
UNIT-V:
Maintenance Planning and Control: Maintenance Objectives, Types of Maintenance, Basic Reasons for
Replacement(Need for Replacement), Group Replacement Vs Individual Replacement – Trade-off.
Reliability: Reliability Improvement, Reliability Calculations, Modern Production Management Tools: Just-
in-Time Manufacturing: Introduction-Overview of JIT, Kanban Systems.
TEXT BOOK:
Panneerselvam, R., PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, Second Edition (Prentice-Hall
of India, New-Delhi, 2005)

REFERENCES:
1. Joseph G. Monks: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT – THEORY AND PROBLEMS, (McGraw
Hill).
2. Everett E. Adam & Ronald J. Ebert: PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT,
(Prentice Hall, 1994).
3. William J. Stevenson: PRODUCTION/OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, Richard Irwin.
4. Norman Gaither: PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, (The Dryden Press).
5. Jack R. Meredith, THE MANAGEMENT OF OPERATION, (John Wiley & Sons).
6. S.N. Chary, PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, (Tata McGraw Hill).
7. Jay Heizer & Barry Render: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, Prentice Hall International, Inc.
2001, International Edition.

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