- Identify the need of Manufacturing Planning an Control Systems and know their characteristics.
- Differentiate the adequacy of such systems and tools to different types of business.
Description of contents: programme
Manufacturing Planning an Control systems (MPC)
Aggregate Production Planning
Dependent Demand Inventory Systems
Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
Capacity Management
Master Production Schedule (MPS)
Shop Floor Control
Theory of Constraints (TOC)
Push, Pull and CONWIP Systems
Learning activities and methodology
Lectures, exercises, practical sessions, cases and assignments to be carried out by the students and discussed during the sessions, complementary readings.
Assessment System
% end-of-term-examination 60
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40
Basic Bibliography
Vollmann, T.E.; Berry, W.L.; Whybark, D.C.. Sistemas de planificación y control de la fabricación. Irwin. 1995
Additional Bibliography
Chase, R.B.; Jacobs, F.R.; Aquilano, N.J.. Administración de operaciones: producción y cadena de suministros. McGraw-Hill. 2009
Schroeder, R.G.. Administración de operaciones: conceptos y casos contemporáneos. McGraw-Hill. 2011
Silver, E.A.; Pyke, D.F.; Peterson, R.. Inventory management and production planning and scheduling. John Wiley and Sons. 1998
The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.