MEE308 Industrial Engineering and Management L T P C

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Pre requisite -
Objectives
1. To enable the students understand the demand forecasting techniques and costing.
2. To provide students an insight into the concepts of industrial engineering and organization.
3. To familiarize the students with principles of work-study and Ergonomics.
4. To introduce students to various aspects of plant design and materials planning.
Expected Outcomes
Student will be able to
1. Conduct market research, demand forecasting and costing
2. Demonstrate the knowledge of designing plants and controlling production.
3. Optimize the resources of an organization and improve productivity.
Unit I Demand Forecasting and Elements of Cost
Macro and micro economics - Demand and supply Factors influencing demand Elasticity of
demand Demand forecasting Time series - Exponential smoothing casual forecast - Delphi
method Correlation and Regression - Barometric method Long run and Short run forecast.
Elements of cost Determination of Material cost - Labour cost - Expenses Types of cost
Cost of production - Over head expenses Problems.
Unit II Industrial Organisation
Introduction to Industrial Engineering Concepts - History and Development of Industrial
engineering Roles of Industrial Engineer Applications Productivity Factors affecting
productivity Increasing productivity of resources Kinds of productivity measures.
Unit III Work Design
Introduction to work study Method study Time study stopwatch time study Standard
data - Method Time Measurement (M-T-M) Work sampling Ergonomics.
Unit IV Plant Layout and Group Technology
Plant location - Factors - Plant layout - Types - Layout design process Computerized Layout
Planning Construction and Improvement algorithms -ALDEP - CORELAP and CRAFT.
Group technology-Problem definition - Production flow analysis - Heuristic methods of
grouping by machine matrices Flexible Manufacturing System - FMS work stations-Material
handling and Storage system-Cellular Manufacturing System.
Unit V Production Planning and Control
Types of productions, Production cycle-Process planning, Forecasting, Loading, Scheduling,
Dispatching, Routing- Simple problems.
Materials Planning ABC analysis Incoming materials control Kanban system Just in time.
MRP systems- Master Production Schedule Bill of Materials MRP calculations - MRP II.
TextBooks
1. Buffa E.S., (2009), Modern Production / Operational Management, John Wiley & Sons.
References
1. Nigel Slack, Stuart Chambers, Robert Johnston., (2010)Operation Management, Pearson
Education
2. R. Danreid & Sanders, (2009), Operations Management, John Wiley & Sons.
3. Panneerselvam. R. (2006), Production/Operations Management, Prentice Hall of India Pvt
Ltd.
Mode of Evaluation : Quiz/Assignment/ Seminar/Written Examination

Recommended by the Board of Studies on : 23.03.13

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