Operations Management detailed syllabus for Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the MSE 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 Materials Science & Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit MSE 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to MSE 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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