LOG713 Models for Production Management (Autumn 2024)

About the course

The course covers topics related to production planning, such as aggregated production planning, lot-sizing, scheduling problems with different objectives, line balancing, and basic factory dynamics. In a more general setting production philosophies such as MRP, OPT/TOC, and Lean /JIT are discussed.

The course is connected to the following study programs

• Master of Science in Logistics
• Exchange programme - Master's level

Recommended requirements

None, apart from being a master student in logistics accepted into the Logistics Analytics variant.

The student's learning outcomes after completing the course

Knowledge

At the end of the course, the student should be able to

• summarize different levels of production planning and control, and describe which decisions are made at each level
• provide a detailed overview of aggregated production planning and materials requirement planning
• explain the concepts of just-in-time, kanban, optimized production technology, and the theory of constraints
• define the lot-sizing problem, the line balancing problem, and several different machine scheduling problems
• outline the meaning of Little’s law and how it relates to throughput, cycle time, and inventory levels in a factory or production line

Skills

At the end of the course, the student should be able to

• create aggregated production plans based on the chase strategy or the level strategy
• create MRP records based on verbal descriptions
• apply heuristics and the Wagner-Within method to solve lot-sizing problems
• apply basic sequencing rules for single machine scheduling
• calculate best case, worst case, and practical worst case performance for cycle time and throughput of a given production line
• execute a heuristic to solve line balancing problems for production lines

General competence

At the end of the course, the student should be able to

• evaluate the suitability of models and solution methods for production planning problems 

Forms of teaching and learning

3 hours of lectures per week.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

• Mandatory coursework: Assignment(s)
• Courseworks given: 2
• Courseworks required: 2
• Presence: Not required
• Comment:

Examination

• Form of assessment: School assessment
• Proportion: 100%
• Duration: 4 hours
• Grouping: Individual
• Grading scale: Letter (A - F)
• Support material: Calculator with empty memory + general dictionary in mother tongue/Norwegian/English in paper version

Syllabus

The current reading list for 2024 Autumn can be found in Leganto