IND4313

Production planning and control

(ENG)

R D Kennedy

6 points + 22 lecture hours and 22 laboratory tutorial hours + First Semester + Caulfield + Prohibition: IND4311

Synopsis: Operational planning and control, demand forecasting, time series. 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 and financial measures. Decision support systems, concepts and principles.

Assessment: Individual assessment including examination (3 hours): 70% + Group assignments: 30%