Date Pages       Topics                                              Problems Due                    Notes
8/27 55-81       Course Introduction; Forecasting Review    —                            ----
8/29 81-87       Seasonal Forecasting                                 —                              —
9/1    —            Problem Session                                  2.28, 2.33                      ----
9/3  87-94        Winter’s Method                                       —                      See example
9/5  94-100       Tracking Signals, Lost Sales                     —                              —
9/8     —           Problem Session                                   2.41, 2.49                       ----
9/10 113-127     Aggregate Planning Review                     —                       See H/O 1
9/12 129-138   Transportation & LP techniques                 —                              —
9/15 —           Problem Session                             3.14, 3.15, 3.16                    ----
9/17 174-182  Use of Excel Solver                                    —                              —
9/19 141-144  LP Solution Techniques                               —                              —
9/22      —       Problem Session                             3.21, 3.22, 3.23                    ----
9/24 144-152 Disagregation; Global Planning                      —                          See H/O 2
9/26 193-220 Deterministic EOQ review                           —                              —
9/29 —        Problem Session; Paper Discussion             4.31                   See paper notes
10/1 221-229   Resource Constrained; multi-product          —                              —
10/3 243-256   Newsboy Problem                                    —                          ----
10/6 259-287   Stochastic Demand                                 —                              —
10/8 259-287   Multi-echelon systems                             —                              —
10/10     —       Problem Session                             4.40, 5.9, 5.20                    ----
10/15     —       Review and Pick-up test                          —                              —
10/17 355-387   MRP                                                      —                          Test due
10/20     —       Problem Session                                  7.4, 7.6                        ----
10/22 355-387   MRP II, CRP                                         —                              —
10/24 387-395   JIT, Kanban                                           —                              —
10/27     —      Problem Session                                   7.24, 7.37                      ----
10/29 395-401  JIT as a Philosophy                                  —                          Topic due
10/31  —         Review of Inventory & Planning                 —                             Happy Holloween
11/3 413-442 Scheduling                                                  —                              ----
11/5 442-452 Stochastic Scheduling                                 —                               —
11/7 453-459 Assembly Line Balancing                            —                              —
11/10     —       Problem Session                            8.5, 8.7, 8.14, 8.25                 —
11/12 453-459 Assembly Line Balancing                          —                      Read Handout
11/14  H/O     Stochastic Assembly Lines                        —                          Draft 1 due
11/17   —      Problem Session                                     8.27, 8.29                      —
11/19   —      Problem Session                                 H/O 3.1, 3.2                      —
11/21 503-507  CPM/Pert                                               —                              —
11/24 537-542 Resource Constraints                                —                             —
12/1 —    Problem Session                                            9.8, 9-25                      —
12/3 —    Concurrent Engineering/Teams                         —                      See Handout
12/5 305-352 Supply Chain Management                          —                      Paper Due
12/8   —   Pick up final, virtual review                               —                  Due 12/16, 10 a.m.

Grading will be approximately 90-80-70-60, never tighter. Historically grades have been 35%-As,
35%-Bs, 20%-Cs, and 10% D/F in my sections of this course. The mid-term will count 80 points,
the final counts 100. The paper will count for 40 points and homework (Best 14 of 15 at 5 each)
will count 80 for a total of 300 points possible. Late work will, in general, not be accepted; make
arrangements prior or provide a medical statement.

The objectives of this course are located on the department web site.

The paper should be 4-8 pages in length with references (in any proper engineering format) from
significant sources (IIE Transactions, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Intl. Journal
of Production Research, Management Science, Operations REsearch, Intl. Journal of IE
Applications & Practice, etc.)  One inch margins and 1.5 spacing should be used.  As a minimum,
introduce your topic, develop a position, and reach a conclusion.  Your are a senior engineer
writing a position paper for your Chief Engineer. 

The above schedule and procedures are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances.
Any student with difficulty in meeting these requirements should contact the instructor as soon as
possible for an attempt to resolve the difficulty.  This especially includes any scheduled absenses
due to interviews or plant trips.  The student is expected to have met the published pre-requisites
for this course prior to the first day of class.  Any student who has not met these should
immediately contact their academic advisor.