CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA

IME 326

Production Planning and Control 

COURSE OUTLINE

Course Information	ABET Unit Classification  (3 Quarter Units)
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	Math:
Course Number: IME 326	Basic Science:
Course Title: Production Planning and Control	Engineering Topics:  3
Revision Date: 04/1/04	Contains significant design content:              Yes
Revised by:   Kamran Abedini	Other:
Compliant: Catalog 2004/05	Curriculum Designation: Required

I.            Catalog Description

IME326                  Production Planning and Control

Principles of planning and control systems.  Methods of forecasting, planning, schedule, and controlling production operations and inventory activities.  Quantitative models and computer systems.  Three (3) lectures.

II.  Prerequisites and Co-requisites

IE 312

III. Textbook and/or other Required Material

Text:                       Sipper, D., Bulfin, R.L., Production Planning, Control, and Integration; McGraw Hill, 1997.

References:                IIE Solutions

IV.Course Objectives

1.        Students will understand the basic concepts of production planning and control functions and systems.

2.        Students will be able to develop a systematic approach to the solution of planning and control problems for a wide variety of industrial and business organizations.

3.        Students will be able to apply techniques for planning and controlling production activities.

4.        Student will learn about production planning and control methods currently in use by industrial companies.

V. Expanded Course Description

1.  Introduction to Production Planning and Control

2.  Productive Systems Concepts and Information Base

3.  Productive System Analysis and Decision Making

4.  Forecasting Methods and Control

5.  Product and Process Planning and Analysis

6.  Aggregate Planning – Disaggregate Planning

7.  Master Scheduling

8.  Independent Demand Inventory Systems

9.  Dependent Demand Inventory Systems – MRP - JIT

10. Planning and Scheduling Operations

11. Operations Control Systems

12. Use of Computers in Planning and Controlling Productive Systems

           

VI. Class/Laboratory Schedule

Three 50-minutes lecture and problem solving sessions per week.

VII. Contribution of Course to Professional Component

Students will learn application of production planning and control which is the basic tool used by industrial and manufacturing engineers in production and service facilities.

VIII. Evaluation of Students

The instructor evaluates outcomes and grade using the following methods:

·         Homework assignment submittals               

·         Mid term exam and final exam               

IX. Relationship of Course to Program Outcomes

Refer to the IME Department Rubric for Deployment and Assessment Outcomes