Annexure: AAB-CD-01-(xxiii)

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Course Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Course Code: POM201
Credit Units: 03

Course Objectives:

The course is oriented to familiarize the students with fundamentals of Production and Operations Management, and tools and techniques
used in taking decisions in operating and controlling the Production and Service Industries. Further this course will familiarize the students
with Quality Management and Current Quality Tools used in Production and Service Industries.

Pre-requisites:

The student should have prerequisite knowledge of ‘foundation of management’, business mathematics, basic statistics, and an elementary
industrial set up.

Student Learning Outcomes:

On completion of the course the student will be able to:

 Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental concepts of production and operation management.

 Discover the ability to take decisions in operation and control of production and service units.
 Analyze the knowledge of approaches to operation performance improvement.
 Evaluate the functional areas and apply knowledge of business concepts and functions in an integrated manner.

Course Contents/Syllabus:

Weightage (%)
Module I Overview of Production and Operation Management 10%
 Brief history of Production and Operation Management, The Service Revolution, Definition,
 Factors Affecting Operations Management,
 Role- Scope and Function of Production and Operation Management,
 Criteria of Performance for the Production and Operation Management,
 Operation Strategies,
 Effect of Growth of Service Sector on Operations Management

Module II Demand Forecasting 20%

 Qualitative Forecasting Methods (Educated Guess, Consensus, Delphi Method, Historical
Analogy, Market Research),
 Quantitative Forecasting (Linear Regression, Moving Average, Weighted Moving Average,
 Exponential Smoothing with Numerical).

Module III Facility Location and Facility Layout 15%

Facility Location

 Factors Affecting Location Decisions,

 Quantitative Techniques in Facility Location (Factor Rating Method, Centre of Gravity
Method, Load Distance Method, Break Even Analysis Method).
 Utilization of GIS in Plant Location.

Facility Layout

 Principles of Facility Layout,

 Types of Layout (Process Layout, Product or Line Layout, Fixed Position Layout),
 Concepts of Line Balancing -No Numerical),
 Merits and Demerits of Product and Process Layout

Module IV Production Planning and Control 15%

 Concepts of Capacity Planning, Aggregate Planning, Master Production Scheduling – No

Numerical.
 Concepts of Push System, Pull System.
 Job Shop Scheduling and its Criteria (Mean Flow Time, Mean Tardiness, Number of Tardy Jobs
- with Numerical),
 Single Processor Job Shop Scheduling (Due Date Method, Shortest Processing Time Method –
with Numerical).
 Concepts of two machines scheduling (Johnson’s Rule) – No Numerical.

Module V Inventory Management, Supply Chain Management & Logistics Management 20%

Inventory Management

 Basic Concepts of Inventory Management, Lead time, Safety Stock, Elements of Inventory
Costs.
 ABC Analysis
 Concepts of Inventory Models – Fixed Order Quantity Model, Fixed Order Period Model, .EOQ
Model with derivation & numerical.
 EOQ with Quantity Discount.

Supply Chain Management & Logistics Management

 Basic Concepts, Objectives of Supply Chain Management,

 Decision Phases in Supply Chain Management.
 Basic Concepts of Logistics Management, Warehousing, Material Handling Equipments

Module V1 Foundations of Quality, Statistical Quality Control, TQM

Foundations of Quality 20 %

 Evolution of Concept of Quality.

 Comparative study on philosophies of Quality Gurus - Edward Deeming, David Juran and
Philip Crosby.

Statistical Quality Control

 Concepts of Statistical Quality Control.

 X (Bar), R chart; c Chart, p Chart – with Numerical.
 Basic Concepts of Acceptance Sampling, – No Numerical

TQM

 Basic Concepts of TQM,

 Concepts of 5 –S, Kaizen, 6-Sigma,, JIT, Lean Manufacturing, TPM,
  Concepts of ISO Standards, and ISO Certification.

Pedagogy for Course Delivery: The course pedagogy will include lectures, numerical practice, case studies. It also includes discussion on
problems and challenges faced by operation managers.

Assessment/ Examination Scheme:

Theory L/T (%) Lab/Practical/Studio (%) End Term Examination

100 100

Theory Assessment (L&T):

Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment End Term
Examination
Components (Drop CT H C V A EE
down
Weightage (%) 10 5 5 5 5 70

Text & References:

Text:

 Buffa, E.S, Sarin RK,2008, Modern Production/ Operations Management, John Wiley & Sons

References:

 Chary SN, 2008, Production and Operations Management, McGraw Hill.

 Heizer Jay, Reader Barry’ RajashekarnJagadeesh; Operations Management, 9 th Edition, 2009; Pearson Education, Inc.
 Mahadevan B; Operations Management – Theory and Practice; 5th Edition’ 2009; Pearson Education, Inc.