COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Production Planning and Inventory Control
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
EBA 516
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
5
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Second Foreign Language
Course Level
Second Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This course aims at teaching the students to look at the production planning and inventory control systems through a managerial perspective; obtaining a fair understanding of how operations managers allocate the resources using long term capacity planning, aggregate production planning, and inventory analysis; recognizing the relationships among the strategic, tactical and operational levels of planning in production systems; and gaining expertise in tools such as Material Requirements Planning (MRP) by teaching the logic and mathematical foundation behind these tools.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Students will be able to define the basic concepts of production, production planning and inventory control systems.
  • Propose solutions for the problems of production planning.
  • Define production planning system structure
  • Use analytical skills for effective decision making
  • Identify the roles and responsibilities of operations managers in service and manufacturing organizations
Course Description The main topics covered in the course are related to production planning and stock control.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

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

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Introduction to Production Planning and Inventory Control Course Book - Chapter 1
2 Forecasting Course Book - Chapter 4
3 Process Strategy Course Book - Chapter 7
4 Capacity Management Course Book - Chapter 7
5 Midterm Exam I
6 Location Decisions Course Book - Chapter 8
7 Layout Strategies Course Book - Chapter 9
8 Inventory Management Course Book - Chapter 12
9 Inventory Management Course Book - Chapter 12
10 Midterm Exam II
11 Aggregate Planning Course Book - Chapter 13
12 Aggregate Planning Course Book - Chapter 13
13 Material Requirements Planning Course Book - Chapter 14
14 Scheduling Course Book - Chapter 15
15 Review of the Semester  
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks
Suggested Readings/Materials

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
4
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
2
16
Final Exam
1
80
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
3
20
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
80
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
15
2
30
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
2
15
Final Exams
1
25
    Total
133

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest