Production planning and control
D Kennedy
4 points * 24 lecture hours, 30 tutorial/laboratory/project hours * First semester * Caulfield
Objectives The aim of this subject is for students to understand the principles of production planning and control in the MRPII and JIT environments.
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%
Recommended texts
Bedworth D D and others Integrated production control systems management analysis, design 2nd edn, Wiley, 1987
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