Production Management (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Content scheduling

According to course plan.

Objective

The importance of services is remarkable in post-industrial societies. However, manufacturing companies are the pillars of national economies. In a global world, management and understanding of production and supply chains are at the heart of the expertise of a logistics engineer. In whichever position you are working in a production and supply chain, you must have a solid understanding of the fundamentals and requirements of production.

In this course you will learn
- to know the impact of production planning and control on production management
- understand the entities and correlations of your decisions
- understand the potential of modern management methods as factor of a productivity
- apply the relationship between product structures, item control analysis and production planning for sales, production control, and inventory management
- look for possible suppliers and partnerships
- manage risks, make decisions and work in a group

After completing the course, you will have wide understanding of the terminology of the topics covered by the course and the links between them. You will get a wide perspective into the design requirements and implementation of production, and the impact of different production strategies on customer relationship management. You will gain understanding about financial management and learn to manage production from that perspective as well.

Competences: business knowledge, engineering practice, communication and team-working.

Learning outcome:
You understand the terminology of technical production and production economics and the capabilities of different production systems. You will know the key concepts and theories related to production management.

Content

The course covers the following main themes:
- Production control and timing
- Item control and apply
- Material management in production network
- Productivity thinking and modern management methods
- Cost calculation of production and financial management of production company

Materials

Chapman S. The Fundamentals of Production Planning and Control, spare part catalogues and drawings, T-forms, topic related study papers and lesson material.

Teaching methods

This course consists of two sections: during the first half of the course we are concentrating on Production Logistics theory and on the second half students are working in teams on a demanding project work, which would be a business case on Production field. Furthermore, Production related games will be played during lessons.

Exam schedules

No individual exam.

Student workload

The work load of this course is 135h. That consists of theory lessons and working on the project.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1: Student has gained knowledge at all the subjects described in the learning outcomes.

2: Student has gained knowledge at all the subjects described in the learning outcomes and is able to utilize this knowledge.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3: Student understands all the subjects described in the learning outcomes and is able to apply the skills he or she has learned.

4: Student has attained an excellent level in almost all the subjects described in the learning outcomes and is able to apply the skills he or she has learned.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5: The student has attained an excellent level in all subjects described in the learning outcomes and is able to apply the skills he or she has learned.

Qualifications

Materials management. Production- and materials technology. Financial studies. Other engineering studies.

Further information

Evaluation is based on the project work report and to support that, each group will generate a self-evaluation.