HD17 : INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

Definition, History and Development of Industrial Engineering, Contributions of Industrial Engineering, Activities of Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering Approach, Objectives of Industrial Engineering, Function of an Industrial Engineer, Techniques of Industrial Engineering, Place of Industrial Engineerign in an Organisation, Industrial engineering in Service Sector.

PRODUCTIVITY

Introduction, Concept, Definitions of Productivity, Production and Productivity, Expectation from Productivity, Benefits from Productivity, Dynamics of Productivity Change, Productivity Measures, Advantages and Limitations of Productivity Measures, Productivity Measurement Models, Factors Influencing Productivity, Productivity Improvement Techniques, Levels of Productivity Measurements.

WORK STUDY

Introduction, Importance of Work-Study, Advantages of Work-Study, Work-Study Procedure, Work-Simplification and Work-Study, Human Considerations in Work-Study, Work-Study and the Management, Work-Study and supervisor, Work-Study and the Workers, Work-Study Man, Influence of Methods and Time Study on Production Activities, Concept of Work Content, Reasons for Excess Work Content, Techniques to Reduce Work Content, Work-Study as Tool to Improve Productivity.

METHOD STUDY

Introduction, Objectives of method Study, Scope of Method Study, Steps Involved in Method Study, Selection of the Job for Method Study, Recording Techniques, Micro Motion Study, Memo Motion Study, Cycle Graph and Chronocycle Graph, Critical Examination, Development and Selection of New Method, Principles of Motion Economy, Installation of the Proposed Method, maintain the Proposed Method.

WORK MEASUREMENT

Definition, Objectives of Work Measurement, Techniques of Work Measurement, Types of Elements, Time Study Equipments, Performance Rating, Allowances, Computation of Standard time, Comparison of Various Techniques, Work Sampling, Synthetic Data, Predetermined Motion Time Analysis.

PLANT LOCATION

Introduction, Need for Selecting a Suitable Location, Plant Location Problem, Advantages of Urban, Suburban, Rural Locations, Importance of Location, Systems View of Location, Location Factors, Comparison between Urban and Rural Locations, Factors Influencing Plant Location, Quantitative Method for Evaluation of Plant Location

PLANT LAYOUT

Definition, Plant Layout Problem, Objectives of Pant Layout, Principles of Plant Layout, Factors influencing Plant Layout, Type of Manufacturing System, Types of Layout, Material Flow Patterns, Symptoms of Bad Layout, Plant Layout Procedure, When to Use Process, Products and Fixed Position Layout, Tools and Techniques of Plant Layout, Computer Packages for Layout Analysis, Factory Building,

INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCTION/OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Production / Operation Functions, Production Systems, Objectives of Production Management, History and Development of Production management, Functions and Scope of Production Department, Production Management Frame Work, Type of Production, Classification of Production System, Production Interface with Sub Functional Areas of Production, Organisation Structure for Production Function

NEW PRODUCT DESIGN

Introduction, Product Life-Cycle, Product Policy of an Organisation, Selection of a Profitable Product, Product Design Process, Product Analysis

DEMAND FORECASTING

Introduction, Forecasting and Prediction, Need for Demand Forecasting, Long Term and Short term Forecasts, Classification of Forecasting Methods, Judgmental Techniques, Time Series Analysis, Time Series Analysis, Least Square Methods of Forecasting, Moving Average forecasting, Exponential Smoothing Method, Forecast Error, Costs and Accuracy of Forecasts 

PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL

Introduction, Need for PPC, Production Planning and Production Control, Objectives of PPC, Functions of PPC, Comparison between Production Planning and Production Control, Information Requirement of PPC, Production Procedure, Organisation for PPC, Manufacturing Methods and PPC, Problem of Production Planning and Control

MATERIAL REQUIREMENT PLANNING (MEP)

Introduction, MRP Objectives, Functions Served by MRP,MRP Terminology, MRP system, MRP Outputs, MRP Logic, Management Information from MRP, Lot Sizing Considerations, Manufacturing resource Planning, Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP)

PRODUCTION CONTROL

Introduction, Outline of Production Control, Loading, Sequencing and Scheduling, Loading, Priority Sequencing, Sequencing Problems, Assignment Model, Scheduling, Dispatching, Progressing

INVENTORY CONTROL

Introduction, Meaning of Inventory, Types of Inventories, Reasons for Keeping Inventories, Inventory Control, Objectives of Inventory Control, Benefits of Inventory Control, Costs Associated with Inventory, Inventory Control-Terminology, Inventory Cost Relationships, Inventory Cost Relationship, Inventory Models, Safety Stock, Inventory Control System, Selective Control of Inventory.