Subject 'Basics of Production Management'

Year:   2010/2011    2011/2012    2012/2013    2013/2014    2014/2015    

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. Order quantity and freaquency. Warehousing. TPS, TOC.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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

2016: FOR*  

2015: FOR*  

2014: FOR*  TT  

2013: FOR*  TT  

2012: TI  

2011: TI  

2010: TI*  

2009: TI*  

2008: TI*  

2007: TI*  

2006: TI*  

* Optional subject