TEC3245

Management for manufacturing 1

(ENG)

D Kennedy

4 points + 24 lecture hours and 12 tutorial/laboratory hours + First semester + Caulfield

Synopsis: Nature and scope of manufacturing management; importance of operational management. Demand forecasting, capacity planning, master scheduling - MRP II. Inventory analysis and job sequencing and scheduling. Assembly line balancing. JIT production. Smoothed production, Kanban control and total quality management systems.

Assessment: Examination: 60% + Assignments: 40%