INDUSTRIAL REALITIES
Année du cours : 3 année(s)
Etablissement : IÉSEG School of Management
Langue : English
Formation(s) dans laquelle/lesquelles le cours apparait :
Période : S1 ou S2
Students should have completed an introductory level course in operations management. Students may wish to review an introductory level book to business and management to support their study.
his course is flipped learning – read, listen to recordings and prepare for class. It provides planning and control tools for management of operations.
Materials requirements planning, rank order clustering, to-from analysis and just in time are introduced. (AOL-5C)
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
– Calculate an MRP sheet and understand the significance of “lowest level code” (AOL-5A).
– Grasp the difficulties of maintaining accurate MRP data and understand the differences between raw data and calculated requirements (Forrester Effect) (AOL-5C).
– List and describe the elements of Just-in-Time, analyse existing products and processes to determine effective clusters of processes, define efficient layouts and identify wastes (AOL-3B)
– Have prepared and tested a corporate diagnostic aid (AOL-3A)
The course provides an introduction to:
Materials Requirements Planning sheets, Lot for Lot, EOQ & Part Period Balancing methods
Describes how MRP fits into MRPII
Identifies problems with MRP use
Short time period versions of MRP data to close the gap to heijunka
Defines Mass production, Lean manufacturing and JIT (JIT1, JIT2, JIT3,) and agile/mass customization
Identifies wastes and philsophies of lean
Conduct a supply chain game three times (mass production mode, JIT3 mode and agile/mass customization mode
Identify wastes in context and action kaikaku radical change initiatives to prove the change is viable.
Visit a company and review their operations via a gemba walk, propose a series of remedial actions to improve flow and efficiency, raise quality, lower cost and ensure delivery.
