Module H: Production Management

Production operations management. Management and control hierarchy, multi-level control. Classification of production systems and related production strategies.

Production information systems. ERP, MRP II and MES systems, batch control systems, production control systems.

Quantitative methods in production planning and control. Demand planning and forecasting methods. Linear and mixed integer linear programming. Production planning and inventory management.

Planning and scheduling in production and services. Planning and scheduling models and algorithms. Local search methods, artificial intelligence methods and heuristics, Petri net scheduling. Planning and scheduling software.

Production performance monitoring. Key performance indicators and performance metrics. Overall equipment efficiency (OEE). Development of performance monitoring systems. Presentation of performance indicators and user interfaces.

Project planning. Network analysis, critical path method (CPM), PERT method. Project management software.

Integration and standardisation in production process control and re-engineering. Production planning and control systems trends and developments.

Basic knowledge of higher control levels in technological processes and basics of operations management, presentation of software and related information technologies in support of production management, quantitative methods of production planning and control, production performance monitoring and optimization of production processes, basic principles of project planning and control, and operations planning and scheduling in production and services.

Lectures, laboratory exercises.