OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
SYLLABUS
UNIT I
Operations Management – Meaning – Importance – Historical contributions – System
view of OM – Operations strategy and competitiveness – Functions of OM – Types of
production systems
UNIT II
Production design and process selection – Evaluation and selection of appropriate
Production and Operations Technology – Product design and process selection.
Types of layout – Analysis and selection of layout – Product and/or Process layout –
Cellular – Lean and Agile manufacturing systems – Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Systems – Assembly line balancing.
UNIT III
Production planning and control – Meaning – Functions – Aggregate Planning – Master
Production Schedule (MPS) – Material Requirement Planning (MRP) – BOM – Capacity
Requirement Planning (CRP) – An Introduction to MRP II and ERP – Business Process
Re-engineering – Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
UNIT IV
Materials Management – Functions – Material Planning and Budgeting – Value
Analysis – Purchase functions and Procedure – Inventory Control – Types of
Inventory – Safety stock – Order Point – Service level – Inventory Control Systems –
Perpetual – Periodic – JIT – KANBAN
UNIT V
Total Quality Management Concept – Statistical Quality Control for acceptance sampling
and process control – Concepts of OC Curve – Use of the OC curve – Concept of
Type I and Type II error – Quality Movement – Quality Circles – ISO Quality Certifications and Type – Quality Assurance – Six sigma concept