Course syllabus for Production logistics

Open to all students in the master programs in Production Engineering, and Quality and Operations Management, and for students from the programs Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Automation. Other students should have passed courses, equalling minimum 15 credits, in logistics, operations management, production systems or similar.

The course in Production logistics takes departure form the manufacturing planning and control (MPC) system. The focus is on tactical and short term materials, priority and capacity planning, starting from the sales and operation planning process, via master production scheduling and the rough cut capacity planning, the detailed materials and capacity planning to the production activity control. At shop floor level, concepts such as kanban and OPT are included. This leads to the physical materials flow process, its activities and efficiency of in-plant materials flow processes. Related parts of management information systems and production databases are included. The aim is then to understand the role of MPC in the manufacturing system, chose methods and techniques at the different planning levels, master selected methods and techniques, and apply these in common manufacturing environments. Focus is on manufacturing in the mechanical industry, but examples are also given from other types of industries and from the service sector.

• Use and understand existing methods and models for Manufacturing Planning and Control (MPC) 
• Explain how different planning environments affect the MPC conditions 
• Interpret the role of MPC in business and manufacturing strategies
• Specify and configure planning and control systems for specific manufacturing functions and environments
• Appraise the MPC relation to common production and materials flow activities
• Analyse efficiency of in-plant material flows and describe the principles of achieving efficiency in such systems
• Assess the performance impact of how MPC systems are used in practice

• Manufacturing planning structures, perspectives and environment
• Sales and operations planning
• Forecasting and Customer order management
• Master production scheduling
• Materials planning
• Order planning
• Capacity planning
• Production activity control (Shop Floor Planning)
  
• Related supplier and supply system issues Information systems in MPC
• MPC in relation to manufacturing and materials flow processes.