Production and operations management
Not offered in 1995
AE
J Ang
6 points * 78 hours * Second semester * Gippsland/Distance * Prerequisites: Completion of all first-level subjects or permission
(1) Introduction to the production and operations functions. (2) The product: the design, choice, control of variety and quality of the product. (3) The workplace: location, design, layout, equipment, terotechnology and lifecycle costs, maintenance, budgets and budgetary control of the workplace. (4) Production: types of production, workstudy, ergonomics of the workplace, materials handling, estimating and planning, control of quality, costing. (5) The timetable: production planning and control line of balance, material control, buying, storekeeping, inventory control.
Assessment
Examination: 60% * Assignments: 40%
Prescribed texts
Lockyer K and others Production and operations management 6th edn, Pitman