Closure

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Closure
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Topics covered

• 0. Introduction
• The (need for) connection between corporate
  strategy and manufacturing operation
• Basic Shop-floor layouts and the
  Product-Process matrix
• 1.  Inventory Control Theory
• The basic EOQ model and some of its variants
• Replenishment coordinating approaches
• Dynamic Lot Sizing
• Statistical Inventory Control Models
• The News Vendor Model
• The Base Stock Model
• The (Q,r) Model
• An introduction to multi-echelon models
• 2.  Hierarchical Production Planning
• The classical Hierarchical Planning framework
• Forecasting
• Aggregate Planning
• Master Production Scheduling (MPS) and Material
  Requirement Planning (MRP), and their limitations
• Shop floor scheduling
• An introduction to logical control of production
  systems

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Topics covered

• 3.  Just-in-Time (JIT)
• The JIT philosophy
• JIT practices and the KANBAN and CONWIP
  production authorization system
• The JIT limitations
• 4.  Factory Physics A queuing-theoretic analysis
  of serial production systems
• Characterizing a flow line as a queuing system
• Some fundamental relationships between the line
  attributes and its performance indices
• The nature, role and impact of the operational
  variability
• Line Performance Evaluation and Analysis
• The adversarial effect of blocking on the line
  performance
• Design of optimal batching policies the
  parallel batching case
• Flowline Design, Capacity Planning and Assembly
  Line Balancing

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Topics not covered

• 5. Integrating the Factory Physics insights to
  the OM practice
• Revising the Hierarchical Production Planning and
  Control framework to apply to Pull-based
  production environments.
• Shop-floor control based on the CONWIP production
  authorization model
• Production Planning and Scheduling for
  CONWIP-controlled production systems
• Demand Management/Due Date quotation for
  Pull-based production systems
• Read
• Sections 13.4 and 13.5 (A production planning
  framework for pull-based systems)
• Chapter 14 (Shop-floor control for the
  CONWIP-based production systems)
• Section 15.3.2 (Due Date quotation)