Curriculum subject

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	2015 FOR
Study year	1
Semester	Fall semester
Subject type	Optional

Subject loads
Lecture	8
Practice	8

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, key variables in production, production schedule, production order, PDCA, efficiency, cost, cost efficiency, logistics. 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 analyze and 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. "Toyota Production System" Diamond Inc 1978 (Taiichi Ohno) "Goal" Gower Publishing 1992 (E.M Goldratt) "Critical chain" Gower Publishing 1994 (E.M Goldratt)

Evaluation methods
written grade prelim. Subject is metier, therefore minimum grade should be "2"

Name of the e-learning course at Moodle environment (http://ekool.tktk.ee)
Tootmisjuhtimise alused (Basics of Production Management)

Current rounds
None