Unit 1 Introduction

• Industrial management and its need 2 4.4%

Unit 2 CPM

• basic network construction
• AOA and AON systems
• network development
• language of CPM, advantages and limitations
• PERT: Introduction
• difference between CPM and PERT
• three time estimates for PERT
• average time/ expected time calculation
• advantages and limitations. 8 17.8%

Unit 3 Production planning and control (PPC)

• objective and steps in production planning
• production control
• progress control
• Scheduling- meaning and need for productivity and utilization
• Gantt chart
• Critical ratio scheduling-method and numeric examples

Unit 4 Plant layout and material handling

9 lecture hours

• Site selection for plant location (urban and rural)
• location economics
• techniques used for location selection
• factors considered for plant layout
• analytical tools of plant layout
• layout problems
• principals of plant layout
• flow pattern
• design of workplace layout
• Subject Code: 3152210 Material Handling: Introduction
• basic handling systems
• material handling devices
• relation between plant layout and materials handling

Unit 5 Marketing

9 lecture hours

• Market research and its classification
• market research techniques
• sales forecasting (factors
• types and methods)
• marketing organization
• marketing and customer service
• customer satisfaction
• consumer behavior
• environmental variables
• buyer behavior study
• marketing strategies
• marketing information system
• marketing control
• market promotions
• duties of marketing manager

Unit 6 Inspection

9 lecture hours

• organization of inspection department
• inspection standards
• life testing
• Quality control: introduction
• factors affecting quality
• advantages and disadvantages
• product quality analysis (PQA)
• quality assurance
• quality planning
• quality management system