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Part A: Basic Details

Name of Course Production Management

Dipankar Bose
Course Instructor(s) dipankar@xlri.ac.in
(please provide email id) Shounak Basak
shounak@xlri.ac.in
Academic Associate(s)
NA
(please provide email id)

Area Production, Operations & Decision Sciences

Program HR 2020-22

Term 2

Type of Course
Core
(Core/Elective/Workshop)

Number of Credits 3

Number of Classroom Contact

30
Hours
Course Pre-requisites (if any,
including cut-off grades in None
specific core courses)
“Operations Management” by William J Stevenson, McGraw-
Course Textbook
Hill (12th edition)
Course Handout to be Provided
Slides will be shared via AIS after the respective sessions.
(Yes/No)
No. of Sessions to be taken by
NIL
Guest Faculty
Name of Guest Faculty (if
NA
identified)

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Part B: About the Course

Course Description The course forms the introductory lessons for

Course Learning Objectives
Who is the course suitable for? (for electives
only)
production management. Through the course,
students are familiarized with the concepts of
process analysis, capacity planning, forecasting,
scheduling, inventory management, aggregate
planning, service operations, supply chain
management, quality management and other
important operations management concepts.
The primary objective of this course is to get
acquainted with the basic aspects of Production
and Operations Management. Through text and
problems, this course prepares students for a
study of different operational issues in
manufacturing and services organisations
where the decision-making element is
emphasized; for instance, what type of
Production System fits which type of
Production Process, which layout is aligned to
what Production System, how one decides on
the location of a plant, and so on.
The technical part of the course is developed
through a series of problems. These problems
will help the students appreciate the
significance of operations management
concepts. The concepts are intuitive, but to
master them the students will need systematic
study.
The slides and other materials shared by the
instructors would act as the primary source of
study. However, the students are encouraged
to read the textbook to provide them with a
general understanding of the topics on their
own.
NA

Part C: AOL - Learning Goals Mapping at the Course Level*

AOL Learning Goal (PLO) Relevance for Course (put a tick)

Decision Making
√
Quest for Excellence √

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Sustainability
Global Mindset

Please indicate the rationale for choosing the Response:

specific learning goal(s) for this course
Decision making: The goal of thinking
alternative solutions to a problem and
subsequently converging to the best possible
solution based on the requirements of the
problem.
Quest for excellence: The goal of building on
his/her abilities and raise the bar in pursuit of
higher standards.

*Description appended at the end of the document

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Session Plan*

Pedagogy (Case
Studies/ in-class
Session
Session Topic Course Learning Objectives exercise/
No(s)
questionnaire/
presentations)
1 History and Overview Familiarization with the subject of operations management Lectures/in class
of Production exercise/
Management and
Types of Production
Processes
2 Process Analysis Process selection Lectures/in class
Cycle time exercise
3 Layout Planning and Classification of layouts Lectures/in class
Facility Layout exercise
4 Capacity Planning Capacity planning strategies Lectures/in class
exercise
5 Forecasting Demand forecasting Lectures/in class
Moving averages exercise
Exponential smoothing
6 Scheduling Forward and backward scheduling Lectures/in class
Sequencing rules exercise/
7-8 Inventory Management Inventory classification Lectures/in class
EOQ/EPQ exercise/
Safety stock
09 Service Operations Introduction to service operations Lectures/in class
Management exercise/
10 Supply Chain Different kinds of supply chain Lectures/in class
Management Outsourcing model exercise/
11 Theory of Constraints Introduction to Goldratt’s concept of drum-buffer-rope Lectures/in class
(TOC) exercise/

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12 Project Management Basics of project management/CPM/Project contracts Lectures/in class

exercise/
13 Critical Chain Project TOC applied in Project Management Lectures/in class
Management exercise/
14-15 JIT and Lean Different kinds of wastes Lectures/in class
manufacturing Ideas of lean manufacturing exercise/Case
15-16 Waiting Line Little’s law Lectures/in class
Management Different types of waiting lines exercise/
17 Aggregate Production Introduction to APP/MPS Lectures/in class
Planning (APP) , exercise/Case
Master Production
Schedule (MPS)
18 Material Requirements Introduction to MRP Lectures/in class
Planning (MRP) exercise/
19-20 Quality Control and Introduction to quality charts Lectures/in class
Management Control mechanisms exercise/Case
Note: - The course instructor may modify the sequence of topics or coverage based on initial experience and the mid-course review.

For Attendance Norms please refer to section 10 of the Student’s Manual.

For Evaluation and Grading Norms refer to sections 20, 21 and 22 of the Student’s Manual.

For Disciplinary Action refer to sections 26 and 27 of the Student’s Manual.

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Details of Evaluation Components

Evaluation Module Yes/No Weightage for the PLO sub-dimension measured Average Number of Hours of Work
Evaluation Component1 Outside Classroom2
Mid-Term No

End-Term Yes 40 Decision Making: all 30 hours

Quest for Excellence: Continuous
learning
Quizzes Yes 15 x 3 = 45 (3 out of 4 ) Decision Making: all 10 x 4 = 40 hours

Assignments Yes 15 Decision Making: all 15 hours

Class Participation No

Presentation No

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