MI4703 Operations Management – II Syllabus:
MI4703 Operations Management – II Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVE :
To explain the concepts, strategies , tools and techniques for managing the critical decision areas in operations management
UNIT I PROCESS STRATEGY
Process Structure -manufacturing, services; Process strategy decisions – customer involvement, resource flexibility, capital intensity; Strategic fit; strategies for changes – reengineering, improvement, process analysis and documentation.
UNIT II CONSTRAINT MANAGEMENT
Theory of constraints – managing bottlenecks and capacity constrained resources – Drum- buffer rope systems -Line balancing – synchronous manufacturing.
UNIT III OPERATIONS PLANNING
Operations planning – Framework – Aggregate Planning –Approaches, costs, relationship to Master Production schedule. Materials requirement planning – MRP, MRP II and ERP.
UNIT IV INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Inventory – objectives, costs and control techniques – Fixed order quantity and fixed time period models; Just-in-time and lean systems; Stores Management
UNIT V FACILITY LOCATION AND LAYOUT
Location decisions – Need – Nature, factors affecting, Theories, Steps in Selection, Location Models ; Facility Layout – Principles, Types, Planning tools and techniques.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOME :
Understanding of the strategic and operational decisions in managing manufacturing and service organizations and appreciation of the role of operations management function in an organization.
REFERENCES :
1. Richard B. Chase, Ravi Shankar, F. Robert Jacobs, Operations andSupply Chain Management, McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd, 14th Edition, 2014.
2. Krajewski, Lee J., Larry P. Ritzman, and Manoj K. Malhotra. Operations management: processes and supply chains. Upper Saddle River, NewJersey: Pearson, 2010.
3. Mahadevan B, Operations management: Theory and practice. Pearson Education India; 2015.
4. William J Stevenson, Operations Management, Tata McGrawHill, 9th Edition, 2009.
5. Heizer, Jay H., and Barry Render. Operations management. Vol. 1. Pearson Education India, 2008.
6. Cecil C. Bozarth, Robert B. Handfield, Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management, Pearson, 4th Edition, 2016.