| Module code | BOB 310 |
| Qualification | Undergraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology |
| Module content | Introduction to operations management, operations strategy and competitiveness. World-class and agile manufacturing. Operations planning in the service industries. The manufacturing management environment. Batching principles (EOQ and DEL). Manufacturing planning and control systems. Sales and operations planning. Capacity planning and control. Demand management. Master production scheduling. Materials requirements planning (MRP). Distribution requirements planning. Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing. Synchronous manufacturing (Theory of constraints). Comparing MRP, JIT and TOC. Shop-floor scheduling and control. Integration and implementation of manufacturing planning and control systems. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Business process transformation. |
| Module credits | 16.00 |
| Programmes | |
| Prerequisites | No prerequisites. |
| Contact time | 2 lectures per week, 1 practical per week |
| Language of tuition | Module is presented in English |
| Academic organisation | Industrial and Systems Eng |
| Period of presentation | Semester 1 |
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