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Materials, Supply Chain and Logistics management principles and approaches. Long-term, medium-term, and short-term planning and control methods. This course focuses on inventory management through the supply chain. A mainstream course for Operations Management majors.
This course expands on the issues and processes first introduced in MSCI 102, MSCI 112 and MSCI221, in particular materials management and their associated costs. The course then covers in depth materials management principles and tools. Supply chain management is discussed from an inventory and materials management perspective. Logistics management and its implications are also discussed.
1.Understand the relationship between ERP and MRP.2.To understand the issues regarding the use of Materials Requirements Planning systems.3.To understand the issue regarding the use of Just In Time systems.4.To understand the principles of the Theory of Constraints and to be able to apply them.5.To understand the methods involved with capacity planning and scheduling within the context of production planning and control.6.To understand implementation issues of production planning and control systems.7.To understand how to manage independent demand situations.8.Understand the implications for various approaches to supply chain management on inventory management.9.Understand the importance of logistics in the delivery of products and services.
MSCI220, MSCI221
MSCI303
Ross James
The test and the final exam are open book/open notes. Electronic calculators are required. The final examination is integrative and covers all lecture and tutorial materials and all assigned readings.
Vollmann, Thomas E. , Berry, William L., Whybark, D. Clay; Manufacturing planning and control for supply chain management ; 5th ed., International ed; McGraw-Hill, 2005.
Relationship to Other Courses:This course is one of the four Stage Three Operations Management courses offered by Department of Management. It builds on the introductory material covered in MSCI220 and MSCI221. Other papers that are useful to complement an OM major are MSCI320, MSCI 322, MSCI323, MSCI 311 and MSCI 312. Students taking MSCI, MGMT, AFIS and Engineering would also find this paper useful.Workload:Work load for this course, in terms of class preparation, review, assignments, readings and examination preparation is about 10 hours per week.Grading:Your final mark will be calculated after the raw marks have been standardised.Departmental Academic Policies and Guidelines:Departmental Academic Policies is a summary of Departmental academic policies on course grading, aegrotat considerations etc.If you want a hard copy of this document, please ask the course co-ordinator. The Department assumes that you have read this document.Late Assignments:Assignments submitted after the due date without an extension being granted by the Lecturer will have 10% of the mark deducted for every day or part day the assignment is late. Assignments will not be accepted for marking if the assignment is submitted any later than 5 days after the due date.Class Representative:A class representative may be asked to volunteer in the first few weeks of class. Any problems with the course can be raised with the class rep. The class representative will take up any issues raised by class members with the lecturer concerned as they occur.
Domestic fee $502.00
International fee $2,089.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
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