310302 (v.1) Production Planning and Management 302

Area:	Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	The aim of this unit is to provide the skills needed to effectively tackle the range of planning and management decisions that arise in manufacturing systems. A key objective of a manufacturing system is the timely production of products that conform to specifications while minimising costs. Strategic performance measures are cost, quality, flexibility and delivery. Operational efficiency depends on many factors: quality of human resources; location and capacity of plants; choice of technology; organisation of production systems; planning and control systems used for coordinating the day-to-day activities. Planning and management decisions considered include strategic (long-term), tactical (medium-term) and operational (short-term). Models including mixed integer linear programs and dynamic programming are discussed. The nature of the problems faced by a production manager depends on the characteristics of the market that the facility is competing in. Different types of manufacturing systems will be studied, including job-shop flow, batch shop models, flow lines and continuous processes systems. Case studies are used to highlight and expand the understanding and application of the topics discussed in the unit.
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Field of Education:	010100 Mathematical Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

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Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

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Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External