This course is designed to enable the students to apply manufacturing principles and concepts to increase efficiency and productivity in manufacturing work environments. Topics to be covered include discussion of customer demand forecasting purposes; suitable forecasting methods for certain situations, analysis of the nature of planning; effective use of Gantt charts; the precedence diagram method; determination of the effects of purchasing, production and inventory control, and logistics on the support of a manufacturing operation; and assessment of lean manufacturing basics and how capacity management converts production plans into concrete products.
