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Course Catalog 1998/99

Business Adm and Social Science
IET021 Production Planning and Inventory Control 6.0 ECTS credits
TIMEPERIOD: LANGUAGE:English/Swedish EXAMINER PREREQUISITES 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. TEACHING EXAMINATION COURSE GRADE SCALE: 3, 4, 5 ITEMS/CREDITS
Assignement reports	3.00ECTS
Written exam	3.00ECTS
COURSE LITTERATURE 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. REMARKS Last modified 97-01-24 Further information: Jonas Bergström

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