Production Management
Code
2641
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Ana Paula Ferreira Barroso, Virgílio António Cruz Machado
Weekly hours
4
Total hours
56
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
The goal of this course is to present to students a broad introduction to the field of production management in a realistic and practical manner. Production management includes a blend of methodologies, techniques and tools in the scope of industrial engineering, management, and management science.
Students should be able to both understand how production management contributes positively to the effective and efficient management of organizations and have an overview of a comprehensive set of planning and management models (namely, identify and characterize several production environments, characterize main production costs and production capacities, establish aggregate plans and master production plans, identify e characterize classic models for economic management of inventory, define materials and resources needs and apply methods to support project management and control), as well as should be able to develop skills that enable them to identify and adopt the most suitable models on the managing support and control.
Subject matter
1. Introduction. Production Management and Competitiveness
1.1 Product development.
1.2 Processes structure. Product life cycle
1.3 Competitiveness versus productivity
2. Strategic Production Management
2.1 Process strategies
2.2 Capacity planning
2.3 Layout. Assembly-line balancing
3. Medium Range Production Planning
3.1 Aggregate planning
3.2 Master production schedule
4. Inventory Management
4.1 ABC analysis
4.2 Inventory systems
4.3 Inventory models for constant and independent demand
4.4 Safety stock
4.5 Lot sizing techniques
5. Material Requirements Planning
6. Manufacturing Resource Planning
7. Short-term Scheduling
7.1 Loading jobs
7.2 Sequencing jobs
8. Project Management
9. Supply Chain Management
9.1 The strategic importance
9.2 Supply chain modelling
Bibliography
Heizer J. e Render B. (2011) Operations Management, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 10th ed., New Jersey.
Chase R.B., Aquilano N.J. e Jacobs F.R. (2005) Production and Operations Management for Competitive Advantage, Irwin / McGraw-Hill, 11th ed., Boston.
Stevenson W.J. (2006) Production/Operations Management, Irwin/ McGraw-Hill, 9th ed., Boston.
Lisboa J.V., Gomes, C.F. (2008) Gestão de Operações, Vida Económica, 2ª ed., Porto.
Roldão V.S. e Ribeiro J.S. (2007) Gestão das Operações. Uma Abordagem Integrada, Monitor, Lisboa.
http://www.ipq.pt/museu/sistema/index.htm
Teaching method
In lectures the expositive method is adopted to present concepts, methods and models. Oral questions are frequently made for prerequisite control, knowledge assessment and stimulate students’ participation.
In laboratory sessions the experimental method is adopted. Active methods are used. The students are challenged with multifaceted problems which should be solved. Also, case studies are analyzed and discussed. Frequently teamwork is used.
Evaluation method
The curricular unit assessment will be based on 2 closed-book Tests (T1 and T2) and 1 Teamwork Project (TP).
The student is excluded from final exam if the TP classification < 9,5 of 20.
Final grade = 0,40 T1 + 0,35 T2 + 0,25 TP.
To be approved the student must obtain the following classifications: T2 ≥ 7, average of T1 and T2 ≥ 9,5 and TP ≥ 9,5 of 20.