Industrial Engineering

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING AND BUSINESS  

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2001 Catalog Data: IEN-342, Systems Management II

Credits: (4-0-4)

Course Description: The course deals with the design, analysis, and evaluations of industrials systems. The course discusses applications of appropriate macro planning charting techniques to analyze the competitive performance of industrial systems. Define production planning activities required to keep delivery promises, inventory targets, and cost targets. Apply appropriate forecasting and scheduling techniques to meet delivery promises, production resource constraints, and other performance objectives. It covers the contemporary operating philosophies on cost, delivery lead-time, inventory, and quality. Critical Path (CPM), Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Economic Order Quantity (EOQ), and Just-in-Time (JIT) are among the topics which will be discussed in details. The course requires development of a project plan, project organization, and manage and control of a project case scenario.

Prerequisite: IEN-241, Systems Management I & MATH-205, Engineering Statistics I, Probability

Corequisites: None.

Textbook: To be determined. (Subject to change.)

Handout materials will supplement lectures and text reading assignments.

References: Any engineering economics, production and inventory, and/or quantitative management book as references.

Course Learning Objectives: Students will learn how to:

• Demonstrate an approach to the facilities design and planning problem in a manufacturing or service based industry (IE PEOs 1, 3, 4).
• Demonstrate the ability to complete a group project (IE PEO 1).
• Determine production and requirements and how to estimate equipment and auxiliary equipment needs (IE PEOs 3, 4).
• Apply contemporary production systems as well as workplace design principles to meet the product and process flow requirements and available production technology in a discrete manufacturing environment (IE PEOs 1, 4).
• Analyze and evaluate production systems in terms of lead-time, inventory, and quality (IE PEOs 3, 4).
• Apply systematic handling analysis techniques to determine appropriate handling methods and containerization requirements as well as how to apply appropriate scheduling techniques to meet customer demand, delivery promises, cost, and performance targets (IE PEO 4).
• Calculate and interpret the production planning (IE PEOs 1, 3, 4).

Prerequisites by Topics: Topics covered in prerequisite courses.

• CPM/PERT with time vs. cost analysis and justification.

• Inventory Techniques, EOQ.

• Forecasting and Scheduling Techniques.

• Operation, Product, Project, and System Estimating.

Class Schedule: 240 minutes per week

Computer Usage: Popular software packages used in industry will be used to assist students in solving homework problems and projects.

Laboratory Projects: None

Relationship to Professional Component: Engineering Design: One credit hour and Engineering Science: Three credit hours

Prepared by: Matthew S. Sanders                                                             Date: August 4, 2000