Design of operations planning and control systems

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Description

• The course is centered on a case of a manufacturing company which is extensive and complicated and which describes the production and supply chain situation of the company. Students are expected to design and implement a complete logistics control structure for this company, which meets the various operational objectives that the company has, usually expressed in cost and service level. 
• Topics in this course are:  
• positioning of decoupling points in the process flow 
• the specification of production units, operational characteristics of production units that. 
• control of capacity (regular capacity, contingent capacity, outsourcing) as of function of costs, lead times and demand information 
• the control of materials acquisition and processing activities as a function of costs, lead times and demand information, 
• the operational coordination of the decision functions in the control structure 
• the structural coordination of the decision functions in the control structure 

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