Content

I BASIC CONCEPTS OF PRODUCTION AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT

• The “study” of operational transformation processes
• The importance of production and logistics

II INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

• Introduction
• Deterministic inventory models
• Inventory models with deterministic dynamic demand
• Stochastic inventory models
• Coordination of the supply chain

III MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS PLANNING

• Introduction
• Material requirements planning
• The master production schedule (MPS)
• Distribution requirements planning
• Capacity planning in an ERP-context

IV DETAILED PRODUCTION PLANNING AT FINITE CAPACITY

• Introduction: capacity oriented planning
• Problem formulation
• Theory of constraints

V CYCLE TIME AS PERFORMANCE MEASURE AND KEY CONCEPT IN PLANNING

• Introduction
• An introductory example
• Cycle time estimation for a basic flow system: one operation, one flow
• Some key observations in flow theory
• Variability and cycle time
• Cycle time estimation: more operations
• Cycle time and limited buffers
• Lot sizing in an uncertain production environment

VI LEAN OPERATIONS

• Introduction
• JIT – basic techniques
• Links with other functions within production

Course material

All study material will be available on Toledo.

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The course is taught in English.

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Blended learning

Video lectures: The theoretical knowledge will be dealt with in detail by means of video lectures. Students are expected to master the theoretical knowledge of each video lecture before each related on campus lecture.
On campus lectures with Q&A, exercises and sample exam questions: During the on campus lectures, students will have the possibility to ask questions about the theoretical knowledge of the related video lectures. During these lectures, students will also solve exercises and sample exam questions related to each of the video lectures.