Credits 3

Pre-requisites - PR 206

Core/Elective - Core Course

To enable students to understand the underlying principles of modern manufacturing systems so that they can plan, control and manage manufacturing systems effectively.

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Explain how the different modules of manufacturing planning and control are related in Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems software.

2. Describe the main elements and different types of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) systems and Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) and draw layout configurations of FMS.

3. Evaluate the different shop floor control policies based on their perceived advantages/disadvantages.

4. Model and solve extended inventory control problems including reorder point interactions, and extended job shop and flow shop scheduling problems using exact and heuristic methods.

5. Describe the main tools used in Lean Manufacturing and explain how they can be utilized to improve manufacturing systems performance.

6. Analyze the impact of variability on manufacturing system performance using simulation and analytical methods.

1. Integrated Manufacturing Systems: Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II), Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems (CIM), Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

2. Advanced Topics in Planning and Control: Extended models of inventory control (newsvendor model, reorder point), Extended models of flow shop scheduling problems

3. Shop Floor Control Systems: Push and pull production, WIP control policies, Production tracking

4. Introduction to Lean Manufacturing Systems: Lean tools, Time and method study, Line balancing

5. Performance Evaluation of Manufacturing Systems: Performance measures, Variability and performance, Simulation modeling of manufacturing systems