Syllabus - Production Management (IP-702(A))

Introduction, Systems Concept, Difference between Production Management Production & Operations management, Decisions, Organization, Objectives, and Historical review, Types of production system

Facility Planning : Plant Location, Plant Layout Analysis & Evaluation, Material Handling equipments and facility design Procedures such as CORELAP, CRAFT etc.

PPC Functions, Organization, Make or Buy decision, Forecasting methods.

Aggregate Planning : Introduction, Strategies of Aggregate Planning, Graphic and Charting methods, Transportation and HMMS method, Master Production Scheduling.

Scheduling and Sequencing : Factors affecting scheduling and its approaches, Grantt Chart, Algorithms for jobshop and flow shop, Line Balancing, LOB.

Materials Management : Objectives, Organization, Functions. Purchasing: Principles, Methods, Procedure. Stores Management: Functions, Location of Stores. Inventory Models, Systems, and Selective Inventory Control and Just – In – Time system of manufacturing, Material Requirement Planning and Capacity Requirements Planning, Introduction to MRP II.

Maintenance Management : Types of maintenance strategies, Breakdown and Preventive Maintenance, Predictive and Total Productive Maintenance, Condition monitoring, Individual and Group replacement policies.