GEG6904

Production and operations management

Not offered in 1999

6 points · 78 hours · Second semester · Gippsland/distance · Prerequisites: Completion of all first-level subjects or permission

Objectives The student is expected to acquire a knowledge and understanding of the production and operations management aspects of an enterprise.

Synopsis (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

Muhlemann A, Oakland J, Lockyer K, Samson D and Sohal A Production and operations management in Australia Longman, 1995

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