Production & Operations Management
Name of module: Production & Operations Management
Exam number: 3043
Semester/Trimester: Semester
Duration of the module: Ein Semester
Form of the module (i.e. obligatory, elective course): Wahlpflicht
Frequency of module offer: Each summer semester
Prerequisites: Admission to the master program
Applicability of module for other modules and study programmes:
Verwendbar als G-Modul. Serviceveranstaltung für Masterstudierende der Kultur- bzw. Rechtswissenschaften.
Person responsible for module: Prof. Dr. Christian Almeder
Name of the professor: Prof. Dr. Christian Almeder
Language of teaching: Englisch
ECTS-Credits (based on the workload): 7 (T-Modul); 5 (G-Modul)
Workload and its composition (self-study, contact time):
T-Modul: Kontaktzeit (Vorlesung, Übung, Seminar etc.) 60 Std.; Selbststudium: 150 Std. / G-Modul: Kontaktzeit (Vorlesung, Übung, Seminar etc.) 37,5 Std.; Selbststudium: 112,5 Std.
Contact hours (per week in semester): 3+1
Methods and duration of examination:
- for T-Modul (7 ECTS-Credits): successful final exam,
- for G-Modul (5 ECTS-Credits) successful final exam
Emphasis of the grade for the final grade: 2/29 (T-Modul); 1/29 (G-Modul)
Aim of the module (expected learning outcomes and competencies to be acquired):
Aim of the course is to introduce students to problems arising in the management of production processes and make them familiar with traditional and recent approaches to address and solve these problems. Topics to be covered are Aggregate Planning, Capacity and Material Planning, Scheduling and Integrated Production Planning and Control Techniques.
Contents of the module:
The main topics of the course are:
- Introduction to production and operations management
- Aggregate planning
- Capacity planning
- Master production schedule and material requirements planning
- Scheduling
Teaching and learning methods:
Lectures, exercises
Additional feature:
Lecture notes and additional material are provided online.
Literature (compulsory reading, recommended literature):
The material of the course is mainly based on:
- Production: Planning, Control and Integration by Sipper and Bulfin, McGraw-Hill, 1997.
- Factory Physics by Hopp and Spearman, McGraw-Hill, 1996.
- Produktionsmanagement by Günther and Tempelmeier, Springer, 1995.
- Produktionsplannung by Domschke, Scholl and Voss, Springer, 1997.
- Heuristic Scheduling Systems by Morton and Pentico, Wiley, 1993.
Further information:
Registration in Moodle required.
chair's web page.