Study Guide

Objective

- Production planning in different levels
- Capacity management
- Production process types

Content

- Production planning in different levels
- Capacity management
- Production process types

Materials

Vollman et al: Manufacturing planning and control for Supply Chain Management (selected chapters)
slides and tasks in Optima
Additional reading also:
Slack, Brandon-Jones, Johnston, Betts: Operations and process management – Principles and Practice for Strategic Impact
Arnold, Chapman, Clive: Introduction to Materials Management

Teaching methods

Classroom work: lectures and exercises.
Group assignment related to Company capacity management
Company visit.

Exam schedules

Exam 10.12., re-exam 3rd week of December

Student workload

Exam, lectures, Group assignment, classroom exercises

Content scheduling

Production process types 
Production planning in different levels
S&OP
Production planning
MPS
Production activity control
etc
Capacity management in different levels (related to above):
capacity planning decisions
capacity planning and control techniques
capacity scheduling
capacity monitoring
production activity control

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam 50%
Group assignment 50%
Bonus: Active participation during lectures may raise the mark by one number.