Courses

Production Systems

General

Course Contents

Operations management and productivity
Quality and statistical process control
Forecasting demand methods
Design goods and services
Process strategies and capacity planning
Location strategies and layout strategies
Human resources strategy
Supply-chain management
Inventory management
Aggregate scheduling
Material requirements planning management
Principles of project management
Maintenance and reliability

Educational Goals

Students will demonstrate an understanding of production as a process of converting or transforming resources into products; demonstrate an understanding of the manager’s concern in planning, organizing, directing, and controlling productive operations to meet organizational objectives; They will also understand productivity measures, quality and costs, both direct and indirect, and they will use a variety of problem-solving techniques to aid in effective decision making.

General Skills

Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using corresponding technologies, Adaptation to new situations, Independent work, Teamwork – distribution of responsibilities.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, Exercises, Online guidance, Projected Presentations, E-mail communication, Online Synchronous and Asynchronous Teaching Platform (moodle).

Students Evaluation

Assessment Language: Greek
Public Presentations of group projects (30%)
Final Written Examinations (70%)
Evaluation criteria:
Ability to analyse and design a production system. Apply principles of process and capacity planning. Understand human resource management. Use the principles of supply-chain and inventory management.

Recommended Bibliography

Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms and System, M. Pinedo, Springer, 2008;
Production and Operations Analysis, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series Operations and Decision Sciences, Steven Nahmias, 2008.
Operations Management, Stevenson, W.J., 12th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2015.
Production Systems Engineering, J. Li and S.M. Meerkov, Springer, 2009.
Facilities Planning, James A. Tompkins, John A. White, Yavuz A. Bozer, J.M.A. Tanchoco.
Product Design and Development, th Edition, K.Ulrich, S. Eppinger.
Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design, 4th Edition, N. Cross, Wiley, 2008.