Syllabus For The Subject Production & Materials Management

Unit I

          Production system – Introduction – production – Productivity – Production management – Objectives – Functions – Scope – Relationship with other functional areas.

Unit II

          Production planning and control – Routing and Scheduling – Dispatching – Maintenance management – Types of Maintenance – Breakdown – Preventive – Routine – Maintenance scheduling.

Unit III

          Plant location – Introduction need for selecting a suitable location – Plant location problems – Advantages of urban,  semi-urban and rural locations – Systems view of locations – Factors influencing plant location.

          Plant layout – Plant layout problems – Objectives – Principles of plant layout – Factors influencing layout – Types of layout.

Unit IV

          Work and Method study – importance of work study – Work study procedures – Time Study – Human considerations in work study – Introduction to method study – Objectives of method study – Steps involved in method study.

          Work Measurement – Objectives of work measurement – Techniques of work measurement – Computation of standard time – Allowance – Comparison of various techniques.

Unit V

          Quality control – Types of inspection – Centralized and decentralized – P-Chart – X-Chart – Construction – Control – TQM.

Unit VI

          Materials management – Definition and Function – Importance of materials management.

Unit VII

          Integrated materials management – The concept –  Service function advantages – Inventory control – Function of inventory – Importance – Replenishment stock – Material demand forecasting – MRP – Basic tools – Inventory Control – ABC – VED – FSN analysis – Inventory control of spares and slow moving items – EOQ – EBQ – Stores planning.

Unit VIII

          Purchases management – Purchasing – Procedure – Dynamic purchasing – Principles – Import substitution – International purchase – Import substitution – International purchase – Import purchase procedure.

Unit IX

          Store keeping and materials handling – Objectives – Function – Store keeping – Stores responsibilities – Location of store house – Centralized store room – Equipment – Security measures – Protection and prevention of stores.

Unit X

          Vendor rating – Vendor management – Purchase department – Responsibility – Buyer – Seller relationship – Value analysis – ISO – Types.

REFERNCE BOOKS:

1. Harding H.A           – Production Management
2. Buffa                     – Production Management
3. S.N. Cheri              – Production and Operations Management
4. Adam & Ebert        – Production and Operations Managem
5. Muhdhan               – Production and Operations Managem
6. Dutta                     – Integrated Materials Management
7. Veb                       – Materials Management
8. England                 – Purchasing and Materials Management

    & Leanders

9. Varma                   – Materials Management