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Production Management

Objectives

At the end of this course the student will have acquired the knowledge, skills and competences that allow him:
• Identify a comprehensive set of planning and management models
• Identify and characterize some productive environments
• Characterize the main production costs and capacities
• Design aggregate plans
• Design production master plans
• Identify classic models of inventory
• Define material requirement plans
• Implement management and control methods at the operational level.

General characterization

Code

12557

Credits

3.0

Responsible teacher

Ana Paula Ferreira Barroso

Hours

Weekly - 2

Total - 28

Teaching language

Português

Prerequisites

Available soon

Bibliography

Krajewski L. J., Malhotra M. K., Ritzman L. P. (2021). Operations Management. Processes and Supply Chains (13th ed). Pearson. 

Heizer J., Render B., Munson C. (2023). Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management (14th ed). Pearson.   

Slack N., Brandon-Jones A., Burgess N. (2022). Operations Management (10th ed). Pearson. 

Stevenson W.J. (2021). Operations Management (14th ed). McGraw-Hill.

Teaching method

The curricular unit is taught in problem-solving classes, with a weekly load of 2 hours.
For each subject, the main concepts, methodologies and / or models are firstly presented, using examples and multimedia teaching material. Then we propose exercises and case studies whose resolution requires the application of what was previously presented.

Evaluation method

The attendance is determined by the positive average of the mini-tests (MT).

There will be 4 MT (2-3 questions each) conducted in the classroom throughout the semester.

There will be 2 Tests (T1 and T2), with grades rounded to the hundredths.

    Final Grade = 0.45 T1 + 0.45 T2 + 0.1 MT

or

    Final Grade = 0.9 Resit Exam + 0.1 MT

A student passes if the Final Grade is >= 10 points (out of 20 ).

T1: 16 April – Minimum grade of 7 points (out of 20) required.

T2: 04 June

MT Dates:

1º mt: 02.04.2025 e 04.04.2025;  2º mt: 23.04.2025 e 02.05.2025;

3º mt: 14.05.2025 e 16.05.2025;  4º mt: 28.05.2025 e 30.05.2025.

Subject matter

1. Introduction to Production Management and Operations
2. Inventory Management Models
3. Sales and Operations Planning (aggregate planning)
4. Master Production Planning
5. Material Requirements Planning
6. Short Range Scheduling Models (short term)