Production Systems (IE509) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Production Systems IE509 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This course is designed to enable students to become aware of major production planning concerns and decision chains, fundamental problem areas in production planning and control, planning hierarchy and the relations with the management activities.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Students will have an understanding of mathematical models of inventory management and scheduling problems.
  • Students will be able to use analytical tools and algorithms for production planning problems.
  • Students will be familiarized with convergence of algorithms and complexity issues for combinatorial problems.
  • Students will acquire the ability to summarize a technical paper in front of an audience.
Course Content Management and control of production function in organizational systems, concepts of materials management, master production scheduling and production planning from different perspectives, aggregate planning, lot sizing, scheduling in manufacturing systems, scheduling in service systems, design and operation of scheduling systems, material requirem

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Typical features of production planning problems. Decision making in production planning. Short-term, medium-term, and long-term planning.
2 Overview of mathematical models and optimization tools
3 Deterministic continuous review models with uniform demand. Quantity discount models. Multiple-item models.
4 Stochastic reorder point models. Periodic review models.
5 Lot-sizing models with dynamic demand.
6 Dynamic Programming approach. Wagner-Whitin principle for lot-sizing decisions.
7 Zangwill’s extension to models which include backlogging.
8 Aggregate planning. LP models for aggregate planning. Transportation Model approach to production planning problems.
9 Minimum cost flow network models for production planning. Non-linear cost functions.
10 Midterm
11 Overview of deterministic vs. stochastic and static vs. dynamic models of scheduling. Integer programming models of single machine problems, algorithms and heuristics.
12 Parallel machine models. Deterministic flow-shop and job-shop models.
13 Assembly-line balancing: formulation and heuristics.
14 Issues of computational complexity
15 Final Examination Period
16 Final Examination Period

Sources

Course Book 1. L.A. Johnson and D.C. Montgomery, Operations Research in Production Planning, Scheduling, and Inventory Control, John Wiley & Sons 1974.
Other Sources 2. E.A. Silver, D.F. Pyke, R. Peterson, Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling, 3rd edition, Wiley 1998.
3. D. Sipper and R.L. Bulfin Jr., Production: Planning, Control and Integration, McGraw Hill, 1997.
4. M. Pinedo, Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms and Systems, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 2002.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project 1 30
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Gains the ability to apply advanced computational and/or manufacturing technology knowledge to solve manufacturing engineering problems.
2 Develops the ability to analyze and define issues related to manufacturing technologies.
3 Develops an approach for solving encountered engineering problems, and designs and conducts models and experiments.
4 Designs and manufactures a comprehensive manufacturing system —including method, product, or device development— based on the creative application of fundamental engineering principles, under constraints of economic viability, environmental sustainability, and manufacturability.
5 Selects and uses modern techniques and engineering tools for manufacturing engineering applications.
6 Performs research in manufacturing engineering and implements projects involving innovative manufacturing technologies.
7 Effectively uses information technologies to collect and analyze data, think critically, interpret results, and make sound decisions.
8 Works effectively as a member of multidisciplinary and intra-disciplinary teams or individually; demonstrates the confidence and organizational skills required. X
9 Communicates effectively in both spoken and written Turkish and English.
10 Engages in lifelong learning, accesses information, keeps up with the latest developments in science and technology, and continuously renews oneself.
11 Demonstrates awareness and a sense of responsibility regarding professional, legal, ethical, occupational safety, and social issues in the field of Manufacturing Engineering.
12 Effectively utilizes resources (personnel, equipment, costs) to enhance national competitiveness and improve manufacturing industry productivity; conducts solution-oriented project and risk management; and demonstrates awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development.
13 Gathers knowledge about the health, environmental, social, and legal impacts of engineering practices at both global and local levels when making decisions.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 1 16
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project 1 4 4
Report
Homework Assignments 4 4 16
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 16 16
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 25 25
Total Workload 125