Study Guide@lith
 

Linköping Institute of Technology

 
 
Valid for year : 2016
 
TPPE82 Manufacturing Planning and Control, 6 ECTS credits.
/Produktionsplanering- och styrning/

For:   IND  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 38
Rec. self-study hours: 122

  Area of Education: Technology

Main field of studies: Industrial Engineering and Management

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): G2

Aim:
After taking this course, the student should be able to:
  • understand economic implications regarding enterpriseâ?Ts production planning systems
  • obtain an overview of the production planning systems regarding manufacturing companies
  • formulate, analyse and solve manufacturing planning and control problems using appropriate techniques
  • identify factors to design production planning systems in different manufacturing environments
  • form a planning system for material and production management at all decision levels, and
  • comprehend the links between production, planning and other enterpriseâ?Ts functions


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Production Economics

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Organisation:
The lectures cover theory, models and approaches. The seminars are used for problem solving and case discussions and the laboratories are based on computer applications emphasising the dynamic aspects of the course content.

Course contents:
Introduction, production planning, resource planning, master production scheduling, final assembly scheduling, capacity theory, rough-cut capacity planning, material requirements planning (MRP), capacity requirements planning (CRP), manufacturing resource planning (MRP II), production activity control, scheduling, bottleneck scheduling, theory of constraints (OPT), Just-in-time/Lean, hybrid systems, computer based MPCS, integrated MPC-systems, Lean game, Value Stream Mapping.

Course literature:
Vollmann, Berry, Whybark and Jacobs, Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems for Supply Chain Management, 6 ed., McGraw Hill International Ed, 2011.
Compendium and Study Questions & Answers.
Handouts.


Examination:
One written examination
Participation in all laboratory sessions
5 ECTS
1 ECTS
 



Course language is English.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Fredrik Persson
Examiner: Veronica Lindström
Link to the course homepage at the department


Course Syllabus in Swedish

Linköping Institute of Technology

 


Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 12/14/2015