Operations Management Paper – V –

Unit 1:

Introduction to Operations Management
Nature of Production, Production as a System, Production as an organizational function, Decision making in production, Production Management & Operations Management, Nature & Scope of production and operations management, Objectives &importance of operations management, Product life cycle, New product development process, What is Process? Process Planning, Major factors affecting on process design decisions, Process management, Types of production systems, Challenges in operations management.

Unit 2:

Facilities Management
Plant location decision, Importance of location decision, Factors affecting on location decision, Plant Layout, Types of plant layout, Benefits & limitations of different plant layouts, Service layouts, Effective materials handling system, Capacity Planning.

Unit 3:

Production Planning and Control (PPC)
Production Planning& Control, Functions of PPC, Importance of PPC, Aggregate Planning and Master Production Scheduling, Materials Requirement Planning (MRP), Materials Management, Importance of Materials Management, Managing inventory, Types of inventory, Inventory costs, Selective control of inventory – EOQ Analysis, ABC classification.

Unit 4:

Recent Trends in Operations Management
Total Quality Management, Supply Chain Management, Lean Manufacturing,Automation, CAD / CAM, JIT Manufacturing, Flexible Manufacturing System, Green Manufacturing, E Manufacturing (conceptual understanding is expected).

Text Book: –

References: –

  1. S. A. Chunawala& D. R. Patel, Production and Operations Management, Himalaya Publishing House, New Delhi
  2. S. N. Chary “Production & Operations Management”, Tata McGraw-Hill Education Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi
  3. Norman Gaither & Greg Frazier, “Operations Management”, Cengage Learning Publications
  4. R. Pannerselvam, “Production & Operations Management”, Eastern Economy Edition, New Delhi.
  5. Dr.Martand Telsang, “Industrial Engineering and Production Management”, S. Chand & Company, New Delhi