Course Objective:
The Objective of this course is to acquaint the participants with concepts and techniques used by international business practitioners in the field of trade logistics and to enable them to apply this knowledge in day to day business operations.
Course outcomes: On completion of this paper/course students will-
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Role of operations management in business; Operations strategy; types of production systems; plant location and layout; new product development; managing processes; |
Production planning and control- forecasting; routing, scheduling, expediting; aggregate planning; master scheduling, MRP; PPC in job shop, batch production, mass production and projects; Inventory control- quantity control and selective control; |
The Notion of Capacity in Organizations,Process Design and Capacity Analysis, Capacity Estimation and De-bottlenecking,Other Issues in Capacity Planning Edit |
Productivity Paradox in Organizations,Productivity Management: Philosophy, Tools & Techniques, Tools for Sustaining Productivity Improvements, Challenges in Lean Management |
Quality control; maintenance; materials handling, work study- method study and work measurement; Contemporary issue- |
(Latest editions of the above books are to be referred)