MF4091 Manufacturing Management Syllabus:

MF4091 Manufacturing Management Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES

1. Students will be able to study the concepts in facility planning.
2. Students will be able to study types of plant layout and capacity planning methods.
3. Students will be able to study the concepts of Project management.
4. Students will be able to study the concepts and methods in production planning and control.
5. Students will be able to study the concepts in Inventory and maintenance management.

UNIT-I FACILITY PLANNING

Facility planning – Factors affecting selection of plant location, Factor rating analysis: Break – even analysis, Load distance model, closeness ratings – case study

UNIT-II CAPACITY & LAYOUT PLANNING

Types of plant layout, criteria for good layout, Process layout, Assembly line balancing. Computer based solutions to layout problems such as CRAFT, ALDEP, CORELAP and PREP. Capacity planning – Analysis of designed capacity, installed capacity, commissioned capacity, utilized capacity, factors affecting productivity and capacity expansion strategies.

UNIT-III PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Demand forecasting – Quantitative and qualitative techniques, measurement of forecasting errors, Project management – its role in functional areas of management, network representation of a project, CPM and PERT techniques – case study

UNIT-IV PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL

Aggregate production planning, production planning strategies, Disaggregating the aggregate plan, Materials Requirement Planning (MRP), MRP-II, Supply chain management, Operation scheduling, prioritization.

UNIT-V INVENTORY AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

Introduction to EOQ models, Inventory control techniques – ABC, FSN, VED etc. Types of inventory control – Perpetual, two-bin and periodic inventory system – JIT, SMED, Kanban, Zero inventory, Maintenance strategies and planning, Maintenance economics: quantitative analysis, optimal number of machines, Replacement strategies and policies – economic service life, opportunity cost, replacement analysis using specific time period.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

On Completion of the course the student will be able to
1. Able to acquire knowledge on facility, and problems associated with it.
2. Ability to learn the various capacity and layout planning models
3. Understand the concepts of demand forecasting and project management with relevant case studies.
4. Able to understand the concepts of production planning and scheduling.
5. Understand the various inventory and maintenance management techniques.

REFERENCES:

1. Chary, SN, “Production and Operations Management”, 4th Edition, SIE, TMH, 2009.
2. Chase. RB, N. J. Aquilano, & F. R. Jacobs, “Operations Management – For Competitive Advantage”, 11th Edition, SIE, TMH, 2007.
3. James. B. Dilworth, “Operations Management – Design, Planning and Control for Manufacturing and Services”, McGraw Hill Inc. Management Series, 1992.
4. KanishkaBedi, “Production and Operations Management”, 2 nd Edition, Oxford Higher Education, 2007
5. Lee. J. Krajewski, L. P. Ritzman, & M. K. Malhothra, “Operations Management – Process and Value Chains”, 8th Edition, PHI/Pearson Education, 2007.
6. MelnykDenzler, “Operations Management – A Value Driven Approach”, Irwin McGraw Hill , 1996.
7. Pannererselvam, R “Production and Operations Management”, 3rd Edition, PHI, 2012.