Business Adm and Social Science

IET021 Production Planning and Inventory Control 6.0 ECTS credits

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LANGUAGE: English/Swedish

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Jonas Bergström Univ adj

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COURSE AIM
The aim of the course is to give knowledge of ideas and techniques of production planning and inventory control.

CONTENTS
Ideas and techniques of production planning and inventory control. Ideas which are presented are e.g. JIT (Just-In-Time) and OPT (Optimised Production Technology). Within inventory control forecasting and methods to decide order quantities and order points are presented. The course also gives an overview of computerised information and decision support systems.

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EXAMINATION

COURSE GRADE SCALE: 3, 4, 5

ITEMS AND CREDITS 
Assignement reports                                         	3.0 ECTS
Written exam                                                	3.0 ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Vollmann, T. E., Berry, W.L., & Whybark, D.C., (1992). Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems. (Third Edition). Boston: Irwin. Further Reading: Gaither, N., (1996). Production Operations and Management (Seventh Edition). New York: Duxbury Press. Goldratt E. & Cox, J., (1989). The Goal. Aldershot: Gower. Lambert, D.M., & Stock, J. R., (1993). Strategic Logistics Management (Third edition). Boston: Irwin. Olhager J., & Rapp, B., (1985). Silver, E. A., Petersen, R., (1985). Decision Systems for Inventory Management and Production Planning (Second Edition). New York: John Wiley & Sons. Womack, J. P., Jones, D. T., Roos, D., (1990). The machine that changed the world. New York: Rawson Associates.

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