CM4202 Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems Syllabus:

CM4202 Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

 To introduce students with Current Trends in Manufacturing Planning and Control System and Forecasting activities.
 To impart basic concepts of Aggregate Production Planning.
 To elaborate on Inventory management and Resource Requirements.
 To be familiarized with the functions of Shop Floor Control and associated systems.
 To gain knowledge on Computer Process Monitoring, Computer Process Interfacing and Process Control Strategies.

UNIT I MANUFACTURING PLANNING AND CONTROL AND FORECASTING

Introduction: Production Planning and Control-Limitations with Traditional Production Planning and Control-Need and Evolution of Manufacturing Planning and Control (MPC) System -Basic framework – Demand Management in MPC System- Forecasting: Time Horizon, Design of Forecasting Systems – Developing the Forecast Logic– Qualitative methods: Delphi Technique, Market Research, Quantitative methods -Time Series – Moving Averages, Exponential Smoothing -Regression- Measure of Forecast Accuracy- Numerical Problems

UNIT II AGGREGATE PRODUCTION PLANNING

Introduction-Need for Aggregate production planning (APP) – Alternatives for Managing Demand Reservation of Capacity, Influencing Demand – Alternatives for Managing Supply – Inventory based Capacity Adjustment, Capacity Augmentation, Basic Strategies – Level, Chase, Mixed – Numerical Problems – APP Methods – Heuristic Methods, Optimal Methods.

UNIT III RESOURCE PLANNING

Inventory Management – Inventory Types and Control Procedures – Order point systems – Inventory Management Module – Rough-Cut Capacity Planning- Master Production Schedule – Material Requirements Planning (MRP) – Basic Concepts of MRP -Inputs to MRP- MRP Logic – Capacity Requirements Planning – Distribution Requirements Planning – Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) – Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)-Case studies.

UNIT IV SHOP FLOOR CONTROL

Shop Floor Control – Functions – Shop Floor Control System – Order Release – Order Scheduling – Order Progress – Operation Scheduling-Priority Rules for Job Sequencing – The Factory Data Collection System – Online and Offline Data Collection Systems – Case studies.

UNIT V PROCESS MONITORING AND CONTROL

Computer Process Monitoring: Data Logging Systems – Data Acquisition Systems – Multilevel Scanning – Computer Control: Computer-Process Interfacing – Manufacturing Process Data – System Interpretation of Process Data – Interface Hardware Devices – Digital Input / Output Processing Interrupt system -Control Programming – Computer Process Control – Structural Model of a Manufacturing Process – Process Control Strategies-Case studies.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

At the end of this course, the students shall be able to:
CO1: Evaluate the various activities of Manufacturing Planning and Control System and Forecasting activities.
CO2: Outline the concepts of Aggregate Production Planning.
CO3: Organize the Inventory management and Resource Requirements.
CO4: Develop the functions of Shop Floor Control and associated systems.
CO5: Simplify the computer Process Monitoring, Computer Process Interfacing and Process Control Strategies.

REFERENCES

1. Groover M. and Zimmers E., “CAD/CAM: Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing”, Prentice Hall., India, Reprint 2013, ISBN-13: 978-0131101302.
2. Mahadevan B., “Operations Management: Theory and practice”, Pearson., India, 2015, ISBN13: 978-9332547520.
3. Mahapatra P.B., “Computer-Aided Production Management”, Prentice-Hall, India, 2004, ISBN- 13: 978-8120317420.
4. Nanua Singh, “System Approach to Computer Integrated Design and Manufacturing”, Wiley India Edition, Reprint 2011, ISBN-13: 978-0471585176.
5. Thomas E. Vollmann, William Lee Berry, David Clay Whybark and Robert Jacobs F., “Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems for Supply Chain Management”, McGraw Hill., United States, 2014, ISBN: 9789339205331.