Supply Materials Management

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Course
BUSN 3386
Discontinued
No
Course code
BUSN 3386
Descriptive
Supply Materials Management
Department
Business
Faculty
Commerce & Business Administration
Credits
3.00
Start date
End term
201730
PLAR
No
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
35
Contact hours
Lecture 3 hours Seminar 1 hour
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Seminar
Learning activities

Interactive lectures and case analysis

Course description
This course provides students with analytical tools for translating production plans into material requirements in the manufacturing and service environments. Factors and constraints in planning and scheduling are analyzed and a number of techniques to achieve production goals efficiently are introduced. Topics to be covered include inventory mangement, planning material requirements to support the master schedule, capacity and priority planning, product and process design, and supply and purchasing.
Course content

1. The Master Scheduling concept and its relationship to Production Plans
a. Master Production Schedule process
b. Rough-cut capacity planning
2. Material Requirements Planning
a. MRP objectives, roles and process
b. Basic MRP techniques
c. Bills of Material, their formats and use
d. MRP management
3. Capacity definitions and concept
a. Capacity Requirement Plan (CRP) and its inputs
b. Loading
c. Production Activity Control
d. Theory of Constraints and Drum-Buffer-Rope scheduling
4. Factors influencing product and process development
a. Make-or-buy decision
b. Purchasing
c. Supply Risk and Profit Impact Model
d. Suppliers selection and management
5. Inventory classification
a. Aggregate and item inventory management methodologies
b. Independent and dependent demand
c. Inventory valuation methods
d. Inventory audits
6. Inventory costs
a. ABC classification
b. Order quantities and methodologies
c. Lot-size decision rules
d. Order Point System
e. Safety stock
f. Periodic Review System
g. Lean production impact on inventory

Learning outcomes

After completing this course, successful students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate understanding and use the supply chain and materials management terminology and concepts;
  • Apply Master Scheduling and the Master Production Schedule (MPS);
  • Determine requirements and keep priorities current using Material Requirement Planning (MRP) and Bills of Material;
  • Apply Theory of Constraints (TOC), capacity planning and Production Activity Control (PAC);
  • Use the technique of Backward scheduling;
  • Analyze and apply measures of efficiency and utilization;
  • Apply inventory management techniques including inventory valuation using financial statements, performance measures and inventory audits, lot-size and safety stock decision rules, ABC classification, and aggregate and item inventory methodologies;
  • Evaluate make-or-buy decisions and purchasing and supplier relations, and
  • Analyze factors affecting product and process development.  
Means of assessment

Group case project 20 - 30%

Assignments          15 - 20%

Participation            0 - 10%

Midterm                 20 - 25%

Final                      25 - 35%

Note:  Students must achieve a grade of at least 50% on the combined examination components to pass the course.

Textbook materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students:

Arnold, J.R. Tony, S.N. Chapman, and L.M. Clive, Introduction to Materials Management. Latest Edition (Pearson Prentice Hall)

and Stevenson W. J., M. Hojati, Operations Management. Latest Edition  (McGraw-Hill)

or any alternative textbook/s approved by the Business Department

Prerequisites

Minimum grade of C in BUSN 3380 AND in either BUSN 2429 OR MATH 1160, OR permission of the instructor

Corequisites

Nil

 

Equivalencies

Nil

Which prerequisite

Nil