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Unit I
Production system – Introduction – production – Productivity – Production management – Objectives – Functions – Scope – Relationship with other functional areas.
Unit II
Production planning and control – Routing and Scheduling – Dispatching – Maintenance management – Types of Maintenance – Breakdown – Preventive – Routine – Maintenance scheduling.
Unit III
Plant location – Introduction need for selecting a suitable location – Plant location problems – Advantages of urban, semi-urban and rural locations – Systems view of locations – Factors influencing plant location.
Plant layout – Plant layout problems – Objectives – Principles of plant layout – Factors influencing layout – Types of layout.
Unit IV
Work and Method study – importance of work study – Work study procedures – Time Study – Human considerations in work study – Introduction to method study – Objectives of method study – Steps involved in method study.
Work Measurement – Objectives of work measurement – Techniques of work measurement – Computation of standard time – Allowance – Comparison of various techniques.
Unit V
Quality control – Types of inspection – Centralized and decentralized – P-Chart – X-Chart – Construction – Control – TQM.
Unit VI
Materials management – Definition and Function – Importance of materials management.
Unit VII
Integrated materials management – The concept – Service function advantages – Inventory control – Function of inventory – Importance – Replenishment stock – Material demand forecasting – MRP – Basic tools – Inventory Control – ABC – VED – FSN analysis – Inventory control of spares and slow moving items – EOQ – EBQ – Stores planning.
Unit VIII
Purchases management – Purchasing – Procedure – Dynamic purchasing – Principles – Import substitution – International purchase – Import substitution – International purchase – Import purchase procedure.
Unit IX
Store keeping and materials handling – Objectives – Function – Store keeping – Stores responsibilities – Location of store house – Centralized store room – Equipment – Security measures – Protection and prevention of stores.
Unit X
Vendor rating – Vendor management – Purchase department – Responsibility – Buyer – Seller relationship – Value analysis – ISO – Types.
REFERNCE BOOKS:
- Harding H.A – Production Management
- Buffa – Production Management
- S.N. Cheri – Production and Operations Management
- Adam & Ebert – Production and Operations Managem
- Muhdhan – Production and Operations Managem
- Dutta – Integrated Materials Management
- Veb – Materials Management
- England – Purchasing and Materials Management
& Leanders
- Varma – Materials Management