Mechanical engineering | University of Parma

Professor
Academic discipline: Impianti industriali meccanici (ING-IND/17)
Field: A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity: Student's choice

84 hours
of face-to-face activities

12 credits

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Learning objectives

Provide students with the basic knowledge of traditional techniques of planning and controlling production and manufacturing companies. Provide the first concepts of lean management techniques

Prerequisites

Not necessary

Course unit content

1 - DEMAND FORECAST
2 - MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
3 - FLOW PRODUCTION PLANNING
4 - BATCH PRODUCTION PLANNING
5 - BASICS PROJECT MANAGEMENT
6 - THE STUDY OF THE WORK: ANALYSIS METHODS
7 - THE STUDY OF THE WORK: ANALYSIS OF THE TIMES
8 - THE PRODUCTION PLAN
9 - THE MASTER PRODUCTION SHEDULE
10 - MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS PLANNING (MRP) AND MANUFACTURING RESOURCE PLANNING (MRP II)
11 - THE BILL OF MATERIALS
12 - SCHEDULING AND CONTROL OF PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES
13 - TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM: JUST IN TIME (JIT) AND CONTROL OF PRODUCTION THROUGH KANBAN
14 - JIT AND MRP INTEGRATION : THE SYNCHRO-MRP SYSTEM
15 - PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT IN THE GLOBAL MARKET

Full programme

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Bibliography

1 - Handout prepared by Professor
2 - Operations Management nella produzione e nei serivi 3/ed (Richard B. Chase, Robert F. Jacobs, Alberto Grando, Andrea Sianesi - ISBN: 9788838667183,
3 - Factory Physics (Wallace J. Hopp, Mark L. Spearman - ISBN-10: 1577667395)
4 - Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems (Vollmann, Berry, Whybark)

Teaching methods

Theory lessons interspersed with numerical exercises and case studies.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination both for the theory that the numerical

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