Production and Inventory Systems
IEOR 254
3 Units
Robert Leachman

Typically offered Spring semester
This is a Related Course of the MOT program

Modeling and analysis for production and inventory control in manufacturing systems and supply chains. We review the actual development of OR-based planning and scheduling systems for four quite different production processes: packaging of dry and liquid household products, semiconductor fabrication, biopharmaceutical processing, and the overhaul of naval ships. Readings include scholarly articles on technical methodology as well as papers concerning industry innovation projects.

Prerequisites:
Linear programming plus upper division statistics and probability. A course in production and operations management such as IEOR 150, 250 or equivalent is strongly recommended. If you would like to review a text on production planning and scheduling, you may find it helpful to review the first eight chapters of Production and Operations Analysis by Nahmias (Irwin, 2000) or chapters 3-5 of Production and Inventory Management by Hax and Candea (Prentice Hall, 1984). Factory Physics by Hopp and Spearman also is a good reference.

Course Syllabus (pdf)