Portale di Ateneo - En.Unibs.it

1) Introduction to production systems
Classification of production systems, three-axis diagram, how to respond to demand and production volumes, types of production systems, Production Capacity and states of a system, flexibility and production flexibility, reconfigurability and convertibility of the plants, levels of planning, control and measurement performance of a production system.
2) The aggregate planning of production.
Introduction, critical factors (type of demand, products, costs), bill of materials, Master Production Schedule (MPS), analytical approaches to aggregate
production planning: PLI models (single- and multi-product), Wagner-Within theorem and Silver Meal heuristic, Karni-Roll and Aucamp models. Applicative examples.
3) The medium term programming
Introduction, materials planning: allocation policies and inventory management, supply and demand methods (Push&Pull), EOQ-EPQ-JRP (Joint Replenishment Problem) models. The cases of backorders, stochastic demand, safety stocks. CRP: capacity requirement planning. Just In Time and mixed-model production (Sinnamon-Miltenburg model). MRP (Material Requirement Planning) and lot sizing. Industrial applications.
4) Advanced techniques of production management
Policies for the management of joint stocks and Consignment Stock, The Theory of Constraints, CONWIP (Constant WIP), assembly line balancing.
5) Production scheduling
Introduction and assumptions, the problem of scheduling (variables, constraints and objectives), types of production environments and problems related, overview of the main approaches to problem solving, loading rules, models and scheduling algorithms (e.g. Karg and Thompson, Hodgson, McNaughton, Parker Deane and Holmes, Johnson, Campbell Dudek and Smith, Palmer and others), assignment method,
Load Oriented Manufacturing Control and Bechte model. Applicative examples.