Management of Manufacturing System (OM05)

Table of Content

Unit 1: Manufacturing System: Introduction and components, Importance of Manufacturing for Technological and Socioeconomic developments, Production versus Productivity; Strategic benefit of Plant location & Plant Layouts. Types of manufacturing System: Job shop. Mass, Batch, Project shop, Continuous process Linked cell system (Cellular manufacturing system), Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS)
Unit 2: Manufacturing Support System: Process Planning, Computer Aided Process Planning, Production planning and Control Systems, Aggregate Planning and Master Production schedule, Material Requirement Planning, Capacity Planning; Shop Floor Control: Introduction, Overview of Automatic Identification and Data capture, Bar Code Technology and Radio Frequency Identification
Unit 3: Describe the key components of the entire value chain including supplier, Relationships between manufacturing cost and customer satisfaction, internal and external customer relationship, Evaluate the effective use of Lean techniques, Adopting Continuous Process Improvement (CPI), Just in Time, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP, Analyze sustainable and green manufacturing practices.
Unit 4: Capacity planning: Analysis of designed capacity, installed capacity, commissioned capacity, utilized capacity, factors affecting productivity and capacity expansion strategies.
Unit 5: Maintenance System: Maintenance strategies and planning, Maintenance economics: quantitative analysis, optimal number of machines, Replacement strategies and policies, economic service life, opportunity cost, replacement analysis using specific time period, spares management. Maintenance records.