Operations Planning and Control Techniques
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The official GTU curriculum for Operations Planning and Control Techniques (subject code 3712811) as prescribed for M(E · Semester 1 divides the course into 5 units, covering 55 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3712811)Unit 1 Introduction
- Basic Concept of Manufacturing Planning and Control System(MPC)
- Challenges of MPC System
- Manufacturing Management Decisions
- MPC Framework
- Integrated Manufacturing and Management Systems
Unit 2 Demand Management and Forecasting
- Components of Demand
- Types of Demands
- Types of Forecasting Methods
- Factors affecting forecasting
- Use of forecasting in different functional areas of management
- Demand patterns and selection of forecasting techniques
- Measures of forecast accuracy [Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD)
- Mean Square Error (MSE)
- Mean Forecast Error (MFE)
- Mean Absolute Percent Error (MAPE)]
- Forecasting Methods (Quantitative and Qualitative)
- Simple Moving Average
- Weighted Moving Average
- Single Exponential Smoothing
- Double Moving Average
- Double Exponential Smoothing
- Simple Regression
- Semi-average Method
- Multiple Regression
- Delphi Method
- Market Survey
- Historical Analogy and Life Cycle analysis
- Scenario Based Forecasting
Unit 3 Production and Materials Planning
- Objectives and Phases of Production P lanning & Control (PPC)
- Aggregate Planning Strategies and Methods
- Master Production Schedule (MPS)
- Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) Concept
- Product Structure and Bill of Material
- Lot sizing in MRP Systems – Minimum Cost per Period Method
- Period Order Quantity Method
- Least Unit Cost Method
- Part Period Balancing Method
- Evolution from MRP to Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) – Closed Loop Concept
Unit 4 Inventory and Shop –Floor Control
- Independent and Dependant Demands
- Purchase Model with Instantaneous Replenishment (Without and Without Shortages)
- Manufacturing Model (With and Without shortages)
- Quantity Discounts
- Fixed Order Quantity System
- Periodic Review System, ABC, XYZ, VED, FSN and SDE Analysis
- Shop-Floor Control (Tools of Shop-Floor Control
- Gantt charts)
- Improving Shop Performance
Unit 5 Synchronous Manufacturing and Theory of Constraints
- Concept of Synchronous Manufacturing
- Hockey-Stick Phenomenon
- Business Performance Measurements
- Unbalanced Capacity
- Bottlenecks and Capacity –Constrained Resources
- Methods for Control
- Drum- Buffer-Rope Analogy for Control
- Comparing Synchronous Manufacturing with MRP and JIT, “VAT” 06 14
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