BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI

WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING PROGRAMMES

Course Title PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL

Course No(s) ET ZC416

Credit Units Four

Credit Model 3+1

Course Author KARTHIKEYAN

Version No Rev 4

Date 11-Jan-19

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Production, Planning & Control is the core of operations management. A typical manufacturing plant
incur over 70% of its cost in direct materials and conversion. Forecasting, capacity planning and
scheduling are key functions that optimize this key operating expense. This can be achieved through a
structured process management. This course introduces these concepts to the students and prepare
them to apply in a manufacturing plant. These learning are equally applicable for service industries as
well.

TEXT BOOKS:

T1 Rusell, R.S. & Taylor, B.W., “Operations Management Along the Supply Chain, Wiley
Student Edition, 7th Ed., 2011

REFERENCE BOOK(S) & OTHER RESOURCES:

R1 Krajewski, L. J., and Ritzman, L.P., “Operations Management: Strategy and Analysis”, 6th
Edition, Pearson Education, 2003

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

# Learning Outcomes

LO1 Explain operations management, its goals, and its concerns. Apply the tools and
concepts of process analysis. Discuss core topics in process analysis including
 bottlenecks, cycle time, capacity analysis, and throughput.

Explain fundamentals of core concepts in process analysis in a dynamic,

experiential manner. Explain interplay between the various elements of process
LO2
analytics. Apply the tools of process analysis via experimentation through the
proactive creation and editing of simulation models

Apply methods to reduce the impact of cognitive biases in organization and

LO3
personal decisions.

LO4 List the factors impacting decision quality and analyze their influence.

LO5 Comprehend various decision analysis tools and apply them to a given situation.

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING COMPONENTS

1. Lab work: Process analytics, Harvard Business Publishing. Capacity simulation,

Responsive.net

2. Project work: None.

3. Case study: None.

4. Work integration: None.

5. Design work/Field work: None.

Class
Module Topics Reference
hour
Course detailing
Operation management (OM), Operations 1 (T1)
and Introduction
1-2 strategy, Functions, Productivity and
to Operation
Globalization.
Management

Decision process in operation - Break even 2S (T1)

Decision Making
3-4 analysis, Preference matrix, Decision theorem,
Tools
Decision Tree

Forecasting Forecasting in OM, Judgemental, casual and

5-8 12 (T1)
techniques projective forecasting, Measures of forecasting.

New product development, Life cycle evaluation

9-10 Product designing 4, 5 (T1)
of product, QFD, Design for environment.
 Planning and design of process technologies,
11-12 Process planning Processes in the service sector, Analysing a 6 (T1)
process.

Facility layout, Process, product, hybrid, fixed-

13-14 Layout planning 7 (T1)
position and specialized layouts.

Types of facilities, Selecting the geographic

15-16 Facilities location 7S(T1)
region, Factors, Location analysis techniques

Measures of performance, Process capacity,

Capacity and
Capacity planning, Changing capacity over time, 7, 14 (T1)
17-20 Aggregate
Hierarchy of planning decision, Planning
planning
process, Aggregate planning, Techniques of APP

MRP, Batching of discrete variable demand,

21-24 MRP and ERP 15 (T1)
Extensions to MRP II, ERP.

Short-term schedules, Rule for n-jobs of one 17 (T1)

Production
25-26 machine, n-jobs on 2 machines and use of
scheduling
theory of constraints.

Supply chain management: Strategy, Enabler,

27-28 Supply chain Integration and performance, Procurement and 10, 11 (T1)
distribution.

Introduction to the concepts of Lean

29-30 Lean Production 16 (T1)
production, JIT and Kanban system.

31-32 Revision  Comprehensive revision Lecture slides.

CASE STUDIES: DETAILED PLAN

Case Case study Objective Case study Sheet

study Access URL
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 EVALUATION SCHEME

Evaluation Name Type Weight Duration Day, Date, Session,

Component (Quiz, Lab, Project, Mid (Open book, Time
term exam, End Closed book,
semester exam, etc) Online, etc.)

EC – 1 Quiz 1 – Process Online 5% 7 days February 14 to 28,

analysis 2019

Quiz 2 – Process Online 10% 7 days March 14 to 28,

analytics 2019

EC - 2 Mid-Semester Test Closed book 35% 2 Hour 10/03/2019 (FN)

9 AM – 12 Noon

EC - 3 Comprehensive Open book 50% 3 Hour 05/05/2019 (FN)

Examination 9 AM – 12 Noon

Note: If Assignment kindly remove Quiz-I, II, III

Syllabus for Mid-Semester Test (Closed Book): Topics in Contact Hours : 1 to 16
Syllabus for Comprehensive Exam (Open Book): All topics
Important links and information:
Elearn portal: https://elearn.bits-pilani.ac.in
Students are expected to visit the Elearn portal on a regular basis and stay up to date with the latest announcements and
deadlines.
Contact sessions: Students should attend the online lectures as per the schedule provided on the Elearn portal.
Evaluation Guidelines:
1. EC-1 consists of either two Assignments or three Quizzes. Students will attempt them through the course pages on
the Elearn portal. Announcements will be made on the portal, in a timely manner.
2. For Closed Book tests: No books or reference material of any kind will be permitted.
3. For Open Book exams: Use of books and any printed / written reference material (filed or bound) is permitted.
However, loose sheets of paper will not be allowed. Use of calculators is permitted in all exams. Laptops/Mobiles
of any kind are not allowed. Exchange of any material is not allowed.
4. If a student is unable to appear for the Regular Test/Exam due to genuine exigencies, the student should follow
the procedure to apply for the Make-Up Test/Exam which will be made available on the Elearn portal. The Make-
Up Test/Exam will be conducted only at selected exam centres on the dates to be announced later.
It shall be the responsibility of the individual student to be regular in maintaining the self study schedule as given in the
course handout, attend the online lectures, and take all the prescribed evaluation components such as Assignment/Quiz,
Mid-Semester Test and Comprehensive Exam according to the evaluation scheme provided in the handout.