JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Pre-requisites

Management Science & Productivity.

Course Objectives

Understand the importance of Production planning & control. Learning way of

carrying out various functions so as to produce right product, right quantity at right time with minimum cost.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to understand production systems

and their characteristics. Evaluate MRP and JIT systems against traditional inventory control systems. Understand basics of variability and its role in the performance of a production system. Analyze aggregate planning strategies. Apply forecasting and scheduling techniques to production systems. Understand theory of constraints for effective management of production systems.

UNIT - I

Introduction: Definition – Objectives of Production Planning and Control – Functions of production planning and control - Types of production systems - Organization of production planning and control department. Forecasting – Definition- uses of forecast- factors affecting the forecast- types of forecasting- their uses - general principle of forecasting. Forecasting techniques- quantitative and qualitative techniques. Measures of forecasting errors.

UNIT - II

Inventory management – Functions of inventories – relevant inventory costs – ABC analysis – VED analysis – Basic EOQ model- Inventory control systems –continuous review systems and periodic review systems, MRP I, MRP II, ERP, JIT Systems - Basic Treatment only. Aggregate planning – Definition – aggregate-planning strategies – aggregate planning methods – transportation model.

UNIT - III

Line Balancing: Terminology, Methods of Line Balancing, RPW method, Largest Candidate method and Heuristic method. Routing – Definition – Routing procedure – Factors affecting routing procedure, Route Sheet.

UNIT - IV

Scheduling –Definition – Scheduling Policies – types of scheduling methods – differences with loading – flow shop scheduling – job shop scheduling, line of balance (LOB) – objectives - steps involved.

UNIT - V

Dispatching: Definition – activities of dispatcher – dispatching procedures – various forms used in dispatching. Follow up: definition – types of follow up – expediting – definition – expediting procedures-Applications of computers in planning and control.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Operations management – Heizer- Pearson.
• 2. Production and Operations Management / Ajay K Garg / Mc Graw Hill.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. Production Planning and Control- Text & cases/ SK Mukhopadhyaya /PHI.
• 2. Production Planning and Control- Jain & Jain – Khanna publications R18 B.TECH MECHANICAL ENGG. III YEAR