COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
UPR 4220 PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BURCU ILTER

Offered to

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Course Objective

It is aimed to provide students a thorough understanding of the strategic importance of production planning and how production planning activities can be used to provide a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Demonstrate an understanding of different forecasting techniques in order to help decision making for long run planning.
2   Construct the material requirement planning matrices according to product structure tree to provide the schedule specifying the time that materials, parts and components should be ordered or produced
3   Create an aggregate production plan in order to translate business plans into broad labor and output plans for the intermediate term and minimize the cost of resources
4   Improve oral and written communication skills through group works, class discussions and presentations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

UPR 2001 - INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 INTRODUCTION
2 Forecasting techniques
3 Forecasting techniques
4 Inventory Management
5 Inventory Management
6 Material requirement planning: master production schedule
7 Material requirement planning: matrix
8 Aggregate scheduling strategies
9 Aggregate scheduling methods
10 Aggregate scheduling methods
11 Term Project Presentations
12 Term Project Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Heizer, J. and Render, B. (2008). Operations Management, Tenth Edition, Prentice Hall.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Group Work
3. Presentations
4. Class Discussions
5. Laboratory applications

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 ASS Assignment
3 FN Final
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.30 + ASS * 0.30 + FN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT * 0.30 + ASS * 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

1. Students must construct a detailed report according to problem of firm
2. All group members must contribute to the solving phase of the firm problem and are expected to answer the questions at the end of the presentation.
3. Late submissions of reports will not be graded.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students should attend 70% of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 1 12
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparing term project 1 40 40
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparing presentation 1 5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 141

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1544
LO.254
LO.354
LO.4444

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