INSY 3700: Operations Planning and Inventory Control

Course Description

As industrial engineers, we are involved in designing, implementing and improving integrated systems that involve people, materials and equipment. To be successful in integrating such systems, we are typically involved in projects that target a reduction of production/service cost, an increase in a product's quality/reliability, and an increase in productivity/efficiency. In this course, we will explore how the use of models for the analysis and control of production processes can play an important role towards achieving these goals. This will include a discussion of systems for planning/controlling production and inventory including material requirements planning (MRP), just-in-time (JIT), and synchronous production systems. At the end of the course, you will be better prepared to utilize available data to generate valuable information about the state of several production and service processes. More importantly, you will be able to use this information in developing balanced assembly lines and both high-level and detailed shop-floor schedules.

Additional Information on the Course

For more details on the Spring 2015 course, please refer to the Syllabus.