• Semester 5, position 4

The aim of this course is to acquire knowledge and practical skills in the field of theory and practice of the production management. Mechanical engineers after taking this course are trained to perform diagnostics and to apply methods for raising the general level of enterprise organization and rationalization of operations and production. Methods and techniques for production and operations management are useful in everyday tasks of mechanical engineers irrespective of the job specialization.

By mastering the course program, the student acquires the competencies to: 1. diagnose the state of the organization in the enterprise, 2. design the basic types of the organizational structure of the enterprise, 3. apply the most important methods and techniques for rationalizing production processes in the enterprise, 4. apply methods and techniques for analyzing the success of the enterprise's operations, and 5. explain the connection between the above-mentioned competencies for the purpose of making decisions, and accordingly, upon completion of the course, is able to diagnose the level of production organization in the enterprise, to design the organizational structure and to make proposals for rationalizing production processes based on the conducted analysis of the parameters of the enterprise's success. Upon completion of the course, students attach greater importance to the organization of production from the aspect of enterprise sustainability and are trained to solve specific problems using scientific methods and procedures for production management.

Basic concepts of production and operations management. Modern tendencies in the production and operations management. Principles of structuring of the production system. Contingency factors influence on design of the organization. Basic types of organizational structures. Products chart. Material Requirements Planning. Inventory management. The function of planning and analysis. Production cycle time. Production planning and scheduling. Techniques of network planning - CPM and PERT. The calculation of production capacity. Linear programming. Types of production. Technical and technological documentation. Time structure of the production cycle. Inventory control. Maintenance management. Quality management in manufacturing companies. Workplace ergonomics in manufacturing companies. Indicators of performance. Designing organizational structure.

Designing the macro-organizational structure of a manufacturing company with special reference to the micro-organizational structure of the production function. Creation of calculation tasks within audit and laboratory exercises in the areas of linear programming, network planning, inventory management, anthropometry in workplace design and calculation of capacity and time of the production cycle using software packages for planning and software package for numerical calculations Matlab. Calculation of company performance measures.

Students need to enroll 5th semester.

Handout from lectures and instructions for exercises. It is recommended to use other literature, especially during the exercises.

Total assigned hours: 75

New material: 20
Elaboration and examples (recapitulation): 10

Auditory exercises: 1
Laboratory exercises: 15
Calculation tasks: 14
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 0
Consultations: 0
Discussion/workshop: 0
Research study work: 0

Review and grading of calculation tasks: 3
Review and grading of lab reports: 4
Review and grading of seminar papers: 0
Review and grading of the project: 0
Test: 2
Test: 1
Final exam: 5

Activity during lectures: 5
Test/test: 30
Laboratory practice: 20
Calculation tasks: 15
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 0
Final exam: 30
Requirement for taking the exam (required number of points): 30

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