Semester-4
Production Management
1] PRODUCTION :
a] Production: Production Management
Meaning - scope and importance. The responsibilities of production manager.
b] Types of manufacturing system
Intermittent and continuous: Their features and comparison
c] Plant Location
Factors governing plant location - rural v/s urban plant site - state regulation on location - disadvantages of concentration and government policy for decentralization.
d] Plant Lay out
Definition - objectives - factors influencing plant lay out - principles of plant lay out - type of lay out ...their concepts - disadvantages - advantages - preference - tools and techniques - procedure of lay out.
e] Material Handling
Definition - objectives - principles and policies - function of material handling - kind and classes of equipment.
2] ELEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
a] Work Study
Definition and objectives - techniques of work study - basic procedure for work study.
b] Method Study
Definition and objectives - basic procedure for method study - recording method - method study charts - flow process chart: Man and material type - equipment type - multiple activity chart - SIMO chart - work measurement - objectives and techniques.
c] Time Study
Equipments - procedure and elements - therblings - performance rating - system rating - micro - motion study.
3] PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL
a] Production Planning
Definition - objectives - importance - planning related to type of manufacturing plant - consideration of machine loading as an important phase of production planning.
b] Production Control
Definition - objective - advantages - difference between production planning and production control - mechanism of production control
i] Routing : Definition - objectives - advantages and procedure - sequencing production operation.
ii] Scheduling: Definition - objects - advantages - difference between routine and scheduling - Gantt chart, CPM, PERT, line balance, loading and scheduling.
iii] Dispatching: Definition - objective and function.
iv] Follow Up : Definition - objectives and procedures - techniques of producing control for intermittent and continuous manufacture system.
5] PRACTICAL PROBLEM ON :
a] Preparation of man - machine chart and computing cycle time, percentage of machine utilization and operator time utilization.
b] Operation process chart - flow chart - flow diagram - sequence of production operation ( assignment problem).
c] Preparation of Gantt chart and performance rolling