IND4311

Production planning and control

(ENG)

4 points + 24 lecture hours and 24 tutorial/laboratory/project hours + First semester + Caulfield

Synopsis: Operational planning and control, demand forecasting, time series, causal. Aggregate planning and master scheduling, MRP, MRPII inventory analysis, price quantity discounting, economic lot sizing, sequencing and scheduling, line balancing, JIT planning and control, production smoothing, process design, job standardisation, kanban control. Operational performance measures, productivity performance measures. Decision support systems, concepts and principles.

Assessment: Examination: 40% + Assignments: 60%