Date Pages Topics
Problems Due
Notes
8/29 55-81 Course Introduction;
Forecasting Review
See Blackboard
8/31 81-87 Seasonal Forecasting
9/3
Problem Session
2.28, 2.33
virtual
9/5 87-94 Winters
Method
See example
9/7 94-100 Tracking Signals,
Lost Sales
9/10
Problem Session
2.41, 2.49
virtual
9/12 113-127 Aggregate Planning Review
See H/O 1
9/14 129-138 Transportation & LP techniques
9/17
Problem Session
3.14, 3.15, 3.16
virtual
9/19 174-182 Use of Excel Solver
9/21 141-144 LP Solution Techniques
9/24
Problem Session
3.21, 3.22, 3.23
virtual
9/26 144-152 Disagregation; Global Planning
See H/O 2
9/28 193-220 Deterministic EOQ review
10/1 Problem Session; Paper
Discussion
4.31
See paper notes
10/3 221-229 Resource Constrained; multi-product
10/5 243-256 Newsboy Problem
topic due
10/10 259-287 Stochastic Demand
10/12 259-287 Multi-echelon systems
10/15
Problem Session
4.40, 5.9, 5.20
virtual
10/17
Review and Pick-up test
10/19 355-387 MRP
Test due
10/22
Problem Session
7.4, 7.6
virtual
10/24 355-387 MRP II, CRP
10/26 387-395 JIT, Kanban
10/29 Problem
Session
7.24, 7.37
virtual
10/31 395-401 JIT as a Philosophy
Topic due
11/2 Review
of Inventory & Planning
11/5 413-442 Scheduling
Virtual review
11/7 442-452 Stochastic Scheduling
11/9 453-459 Assembly Line Balancing
11/12
Problem Session
8.5, 8.7, 8.14, 8.25
11/14 453-459 Assembly Line Balancing
Read Handout
11/16 H/O Stochastic Assembly Lines
Draft 1 due
11/19 Problem Session
8.27, 8.29
11/26 Problem Session
H/O 3.1, 3.2
11/28 503-507 CPM/Pert
11/30 537-542 Resource Constraints
12/3 Problem Session
9.8, 9-25
12/5 Concurrent Engineering/Teams
See Handout
12/7 305-352 Supply Chain Management
Paper Due
12/10 Pick up final, virtual review
Due 12/14, 2p.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 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. MFE students must
write on Just-in-time issues.
The virtual portion of this class will be held using the blackboard
chat room for the course. Virtual
office hours will be handled via e-mail or via Yahoo Messenger (R);
my Yahoo logon is denniskroll.
Do not expect to have e-mails at other times answered immediately and
do not expect to have over
10 answered in one day.
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.