University of Calicut 2014 Syllabus - B.Tech. Mechanical Engg.

ME14 803 Operations Management

Teaching scheme 3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week
Course Objectives Credits: 4
To impart knowledge on production, planning and control functions, method study, materials
management, inventory models, maintenance management and project management
Module I (12 hours)
Operations Management An overview: Nature and scope of production and Operations Management
Productivity and factors affecting productivity Types of production systems- product life cycle Forecasting
technique Causal, Time series and Qualitative methods Regression, Moving average-Trend and seasonality-
Exponential smoothing and Delphi technique Product design and development principles of good product
design- quality and cost consideration standardization simplification
Module II (10 hours)
Process design and planning Types Fixed, Product, process, hybrid and FMS, Facility location and layout
Influencing factors and evaluation methods Layout design process Computerised layout planning - Assembly
line balancing Material handling systems Work system design Method study Recording techniques- micro
motion study work measurement Aggregate production planning Master production scheduling Material
requirement planning Manufacturing resource planning
Module III (12 hours)
Materials Management: Purchase Management- Stores Management Inventory: Functions Costs
classifications Deterministic and Probabilistic Inventory models-Quantity discount Safety stock Operations
scheduling: Strategy and guidelines charts and methods sequencing Johnsons rules for sequencing,
Dispatching, progress reporting and expediting functions
Module IV (10 hours)
Maintenance and replacement Preventive and breakdown maintenance Economic aspects Replacement of
equipment methods, Network techniques for Project management Time estimates Time- Cost tradeoffs-
Crashing Shortest route problem Minimal Spanning tree problem Maximal flow in capacitated network\
Text Book
1.R. Paneerselvam, Production and Operations Management Third Edition, PHI learning Private Limited
Reference Books
1. Mahadevan B. Operations Management Theory and Practice, Pearson education, Second impression 2007
2. William, J. Operations Management, Stevenson 8th 2005 edition
3. Chase Richard B, Operations Management, 11th edition Tata McGrawhil
4. Ashwathappa. K, Sridhar Bhat. K, Production and Operations Management, Himalaya Publications
5. Monks, Joseph G. Operations Management, McGrawhil
6. Riggs J.L, Economic Decision Models for Engineers and Managers, McGraw Hill International Student Edition
7. Weist and Levy, A Managemnt Guide to Pert and CPM, Prentice Hall of India
8. Samuel Eilon, Production Planning and Control, Universal Book Corporation
9. Francis and White, Facility Layout and Location, Prentice Hall Inc
10. Hillier and Liberman, Introduction to Operations Research, Holden Day Inc
11. Biegel, Production Control, Prentice Hall of India
12. James Moore, Plant Layout and Design, The MacMillan Company
Internal Continuous Assessment (Maximum Marks-50)
60% - Tests (minimum 2)
30% - Assignments (minimum 2) such as home work, problem solving, group discussions, quiz, literature survey,
seminar, term-project, software exercises, etc.
10% - Attendance and Regularity in the class

University Examination Pattern

PART A: Analytical/problem solving SHORT questions 8x 5 marks=40 marks

Candidates have to answer EIGHT questions out of TEN. There shall be minimum of
TWO and maximum of THREE questions from each module with total TEN questions.

PART B: Analytical/Problem solving DESCRIPTIVE questions 4 x 15 marks=60 marks

Two questions from each module with choice to answer one question.

Maximum Total Marks: 100