Course code Course Name L-T-P - Credits Year of

Introduction
IE301 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 3-1-0-4 2016
Prerequisite : Nil
Course Objectives
 To impart ability to analyse the manufacturing operations of a firm and to understand the
importance of various factors of production.
 To learn methods and techniques to effectively manage inventory of an organisation,
knowledge on scheduling and sequencing of activities to improve organizational
operations
 To understand the methods to manage supply chain of materials and information in an
organisation to make decisions in dynamic environment.

Syllabus
Scope of Operations Management, Forecasting - features of good forecast - classification of
forecasting techniques, inventory management techniques, Capacity Planning, Design capacity
and Effective capacity, Location Planning and layout design, World Class Manufacturing
Concepts, MRP - MRP II, Project management

Expected outcome:

 After the successful completion of the course the students will have the ability to analyse
manufacturing operations of a firm, understand and apply operations planning, understand
manufacturing operations and the basic understanding on process improvement techniques
and modern manufacturing paradigms.

Text Books/References:
1. Buffa S., Modern Production /Operations Management ,8/e, John Wiley & Sons, 1987.
2. Gaither N. and G. Frazier, Operations Management, Thomson learning, 2002.
3. Heizer J. and B. Render, Operations Management, 11/e, Pearson Education, 2013.
4. Hopp W. J. and M. L. Spearman, Factory Physics: Foundations of Manufacturing
Management, 3/e, McGraw Hill, 2008.
5. Krajewski L. J. and L. P. Ritzman, Operations Management: Strategy and Analysis,
Pearson Education, 2002.
6. Mahadevan B., Operations Management, Pearson Education, 2010.
7. Narasimhan S. L., D. W. McLeavy, and P. J. Billington, Production Planning and
Inventory Control, 2/e, Prentice Hall, 1995.
8. Panneerselvam R., Production and Operations Management, 2/e, Prentice Hall, 2005.
9. Riggs J. L., Production Systems: Planning, Analysis and Control, John Wiley & Sons,
1976.
10. Samson D. and P. J. Singh, Operations Management: An Integrated Approach,
Cambridge University Press, 2010.
11. Silver E. A., D. F. Pyke and R. Peterson, Inventory Management and Production
Planning and Scheduling, 3/e, John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
 Course Plan
Sem. Exam
Module Contents Hours Marks
Demand forecasting: methods-causal and time series
models, moving average, exponential smoothing methods.
I Trend, cycle and seasonality components, Winter's 9 15%
complete model. Analysis of forecast error, comparison of
forecasting methods based on errors.
Basic inventory models: assumptions and performance
measures. Inventory systems under risk, service levels,
II 10 15%
safety stock, joint determination of Q and R, time varying
demands – Selective Inventory Control.
FIRST INTERNAL EXAMINATION
Aggregate inventory management: Exchange curves,
stock out situations, safety stock policies, distribution
inventory systems. Aggregate planning: definition, value
III of decision rules, aggregate planning strategies, methods – 10 15%
Master production schedule - bill of material, structuring
BOM, disaggregation techniques, managing and
maintenance of MPS.
Location Planning factors-Factor rating and centre of
gravity methods. Plant layout: Types of layouts,
Comparison of layouts, Systematic Layout Planning
IV (SLP), Design procedures and methods, Software 9 15%
packages for SLP. Models for assembly line balancing.
Capacity planning and control, controlling continuous
production, batch processing technique.
SECOND INTERNAL EXAMINATION
Job Shop production activity planning, scheduling, shop
loading, sequencing, priority rules for dispatching jobs.
V 9 20%
Introduction to Business Process Re-engineering,
Enterprise Resource Planning.
Toyota Production System - World Class Manufacturing
Concepts – Kanban - Push Vs Pull systems, Just-in time,
VI 9 20%
KANBAN system, Lean manufacturing, and Agile
manufacturing. Concepts of Project management
END SEMESTER EXAM

End Semester Examination Question Paper Pattern:

Examination duration: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 100

Part A (Modules I and II):

Candidates have to answer any 2 questions from a choice of 3 questions. Each full question
carries a total of 15 marks and can have a maximum of 4 sub questions (a, b, c, d). No two
questions shall be exclusively from a single module. All three questions shall preferably have
components from both modules. Marks for each question/sub question shall be clearly
specified. Total percentage of marks for the two modules put together as specified in the
curriculum shall be adhered to for all combinations of any two questions.

Part B (Modules III and IV):

(Same as for part A marks)

Part C (Modules V and VI):

(Same as for part A, except that each full question carries 20 marks)

Note: If use of tables and charts are permitted for the university examination for this course,
proper direction of the same should be provided on the facing sheet of the question paper.