IMSE 811 Advanced Production and Inventory Control

Spring 2014

DESCRIPTION: Analytical and mathematical methods of making decisions on production,
inventories, human resources, and shipping in modern industrial plants.


OBJECTIVES: To become proficient using modern production planning and inventory control
techniques and methods to enhance production flow, reduce production cost and
improve process efficiency in both manufacturing and service industries. After
successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
Explain the origin and purpose of modern production planning methods.
Know how to use inventory control methods for both deterministic and
stochastic cases.
Implement an MRP analysis for an inventory system with dependent demand.
Evaluate and choose a production control method of either Push or Pull type.
Analyze a process and find its variability.
Perform queuing analysis on production systems and find the expected required
buffer size and queue performance.
Implement production control methods at various levels of the system hierarchy.
Perform aggregate planning on a production system.

TEXT: Required:
Hopp W.J. , and Spearman, M. L., Factory Physics, McGraw-Hill.
Relevant papers and articles to be distributed in class.

TIME/ PLACE: Lecture: M,W 3:30 - 4:45. Room DUR 1064

INSTRUCTOR Dr. David Ben-Arieh Office: DU-2016 Tel: 532-
3724
E-mail: davidbe@ksu.edu Server site: Common\IMSE811
TEACHING ASSISTANT TBD

OFFICE HOURS: To be announced
or by appointments

GRADING POLICY: Midterm 1: 25%
Midterm 2: 25%
Homework, projects: 10%,
Class participation 15%
Final Project: 25%

ACADEMIC ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DISABLED STUDENTS:
Any student with a disability who needs an accommodation or other assistance in
this course should make an appointment to speak with your instructor as soon as
possible.

ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on the exam, paper
or project; failure in the course; and/or expulsion from the university. For more information,
please visit http://www.k-state.edu/provost/resources/teaching/course.htm

HW/EXAM POLICY: Late homework or reports will receive half of the possible total points. Absent quiz
or exam will receive no point.
Tentative Course Schedule
Date Class Meeting Material
Jan. 22 1 Introduction
27 2 Manufacturing in America (Chap. 1)
29 3 Basic Inventory Control: EOQ (Chap. 2)
Feb. 3 4 Dynamic Lot Sizing
5 5 Statistical Inventory Models (Newspaper Boy model)
10 6 Base Stock Model
12 7 (Q,r) model
17 8 MRP: the system and method (Chap. 3)
19 9 Lot sizing and MRP II, ERP
24 10 Just In Time (Chap. 4) goals, implementations
26 11 Problems with current methods (Chap. 5)
March 3 12 Mid Term 1 Exam
5 13 Science of Manufacturing (Chap. 6) and Modeling
10 14 Test review, Basic Factory Dynamics (Chap. 7) Section 7.1
March 12 15 Finish 7.1, Start Section 7.2
Spring Break
March 24 16 Section 7.3 summaries Chapter 7.
26 17 Finish 7.3 and start 8.1
March 31 18 Variability Basics (Chap. 8)
April 2 19 Flow variability 8.2 Video of
April 7 20 Finish 8.2 + Influence of Variability (Chap. 9)
9 21 Chapter 9.1 and 9.2.
14 22
16 23 Mid Term 2 Exam
21 24 Push and Pull Production Systems (Chap. 10)
23 25 The Human Element (Chap. 11)
28 26 A Pull Planning Framework (Chap. 13)
30 27
May 5 28 Chapter 14 Shop Floor Control
May 7 29 Review and summary
May 13 30 Final Project Due (by 5 PM)