COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENM 5008 PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÖKALP YILDIZ

Offered to

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT- NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM)

Course Objective


This course is intended to give the student a greater understanding of the scope of Operations Management decisions and the types of tools that might be employed to help manage the decision-making process. The objectives of the course are: to provide an understanding of the management of operations and production, to build both quantitative and qualitative skills in operations management, and to gain an appreciation of the strategic importance of operations. The main focus will be on quantitative techniques for problem solving and decision making in a variety of strategic and tactical areas of operations management, including Forecasting, Capacity Planning, Layout Strategies, Inventory Management, Aggregate Planning, Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Scheduling.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To make the students aware of operations management decisions and the tools that help the decision-making process
2   To develop both quantitative and qualitative skills of the students in operations management
3   To enable the students use quantitative techniques for solving the operations management issues and related softwares

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Operations and Productivity
2 Operations Strategy in a Global Environment
3 Forecasting
4 Capacity Planning
5 Layout Strategy
6 Inventory Management
7 Inventory Management
8 Aggregate Planning
9 Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and ERP
10 Midterm
11 Short-Term Scheduling
12 JIT and Lean Operations
13 Human Resources and Job Design, Work Measurement
14 Problem Solving

Recomended or Required Reading

Heizer, J., Render B., Operations Management, 10th ed., Pearson Education, Inc., 2011

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Latif Salum
e-mail: latif.salum@deu.edu.tr
tel: 301 7610

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 40 40
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing assignments 3 20 60
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 192

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.243424
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