Subject 'Basics of Production Management'

Year:   2015/2016    2016/2017    2017/2018    2018/2019    2019/2020    

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.

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 analyze and 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"

Tootmisjuhtimise alused (Basics of Production Management)

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