Operations Management detailed syllabus for Mechanical Engineering Sandwich (Mech Sandwich) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Mech Sandwich students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Mechanical Engineering Sandwich 9th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Mech Sandwich 9th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to Mech Sandwich Open Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of operations management is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANGEMENT Functions of Production Management – Relationship between production and other functions -Production management and operations management, Characteristics of modern production and operation management, organisation of production function, recent trends in production /operations management – production as an organisational function, decision making in production Operations research
Unit II
PRODUCTION & OPERATION SYSTEMS Production Systems- principles – Models – CAD and CAM- Automation in Production – Functions and significance- Capacity and Facility Planning: Importance of capacity planning- Capacity measurement – Capacity Requirement Planning (CRP) process for manufacturing and service industry
Unit III
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Unit IV
PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT PROCESS Process selection with PLC phases- Process simulation tools- Work Study – Significance -Methods, evolution of normal/ standard time – Job design and rating – Value Analysis – Plant Layout: meaning – characters — Plant location techniques – Types- MRP and Layout Design -Optimisation and Theory of Constraints (TOC)- Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)- REL (Relationship) Chart – Assembly line balancing- – Plant design optimisation -Forecasting methods.
Unit V
CONTROLING PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Material requirement planning (MRP)- Concept- Process and control – Inventory control systems and techniques – JIT and Lean manufacturing – Network techniques – Quality Management: Preventive Vs Breakdown maintenance for Quality – Techniques for measuring quality – Control Chart (X , R , p , np and C chart ) – Cost of Quality, Continuous improvement (Kaizen) – Quality awards – Supply Chain Management – Total Quality Management – 6 Sigma approach and Zero Defect Manufacturing.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course the learners will be able :
- To understand the basics and functions of Production and Operation Management for business owners.
- To learn about the Production & Operation Systems.
- To acquaint on the Production & Operations Planning Techniques followed by entrepreneurs in Industries.
- To known about the Production & Operations Management Processes in organisations.
- To comprehend the techniques of controlling , Production and Operations in industries
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