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Basics of Production Management

Subject
Subject code MTM197
Subject name Basics of Production Management
Credit points 4 ECTS
Grading method Grade prelim
Curriculum subject
Curriculum 2009 TI
Study year 3
Semester Fall semester
Subject type Optional
Subject loads
Lecture 24
Practice 16
General description
Development of production. Production quality, production systems, standardization, human resources.
Different production types: massproduction, single production. Critical chain from order to shipment.
Management, leadership, team, motivation, company structure.
MRP, ERP, production planning, KPI, key variables in production, production schedule, production order, PDCA, reporting, efficiency, cost, cost efficiency. Order quantity and freaquency. Warehousing. TPS, TOC.
General aim
To give overview of production development, methods, problems and value added processes. Also to give overview of production role in economy and to give basic knowledge about management.
Aim
Student can understand the processes in production and has a basic knowledge of the management and leadership. Can use planning techniques and is able to lead a production unit.
Form description
Lectures, seminars and individual work.
In the seminars students solve case studies, do simulations and present homework.
Participation in the seminars and presenting independent work is compulsory and a prerequisite for prelim.
Literature
Digital conspect will be sent after each lecture.
"Factory Physics" 1996
"Toyota Production System" Diamond Inc 1978 (Taiichi Ohmo)
"Goal" Gower Publishing 1992 (E.M Goldratt)
"Critical chain" Gower Publishing 1994 (E.M Goldratt)
Evaluation methods
written grade prelim
Current rounds
None
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