School of Management

Forman Christian College

BSc (FALL - 2012)
Course Title:

Production Planning & Control

Code:

BUSN 364

Instructor:

Mehryar S. Abdullah

Schedule:

Monday & Wednesday (02:00 pm - 03:15 pm)

Contact:

mehryarsalim@fccollege.edu.pk

Office:

Room # 318 (E - Building)

Office Hours:

Mon & Wed (11:00 am - 12:00 pm; 01:00 pm - 02:00 pm) or by Appointment

Textbook:

Fundamentals of Production Planning & Control, 1/e, by Stephen N. Chapman, Pearson

Objectives:

This course will introduce fundamental principles for designing, planning and
controlling production systems. This course provides basic understanding of
production planning concepts: Forecasting, Scheduling, Allocation of Resources,
Inventory Control, and Lean Production. This course will also highlight the
importance of production planning and control concepts in a companys strategic
business plan.
This course will help the student in understanding and defining production
planning problems, measuring performance of production planning systems,
analyzing production planning data, and identifying improvements for production
planning & control systems.
This course will equip the students with a basic understanding of the tools and
techniques used for production planning and control in the modern business
environment. The idea is to build confidence in the students to make full use of
these methodologies during their professional careers or for future research work.

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Overview of Production Planning and Control

Forecasting Fundamentals
Sales and Operations Planning
The Master Schedule
Inventory Management
Material Requirements Planning
Capacity Management
Production Activity Control
Lean Production and JIT
Theory of Constraints and Drum-Buffer-Rope

Grading:

Class Participation
Quiz
Home Work
Project/s
Mid Term Exam
Final Exam

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30%

Attendance:

Minimum 85% attendance is mandatory in all business classes

Participation:

Grades for class participation will be based upon: Relevance, Listening Skills,
Willingness to Participate, Clarity of Ideas, Attitude, Attendance, etc.

Home Work:

Homework is due at the start of each class

Late homework submissions will NOT be accepted
Unless stated otherwise, please DO NOT TYPE your homework
Homework should be in legible handwriting and stapled together
Name, ID, Course #, HW # and Date should be clearly indicated
Students are encouraged to work in groups, but copying is not allowed
Turnitin accounts for assignment submissions will be setup early in the semester
Homework Grading:
Does not meet expectations or incomplete
Meets expectations (effort was made to solve all questions)
Exceeds expectations (Bonus +1)

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Exams & Quiz:

Request for makeup exam or quiz can be made in emergency situations ONLY

Team Project:

Team-based project/s will be assigned to gain practical understanding of the

Production Planning & Control tools and techniques taught in the class
Teams will be formed early in the semester (by the instructor)
The team must submit a formal PROPOSAL for any project/s
Upon approval of the proposal, the team can start working on the project
The team MUST submit meeting minutes on a weekly basis
A formal report MUST be submitted by each group on an agreed upon date
Each team member MUST participate in the final project presentation
Project grades will be based upon: Research, Nature of work undertaken,
Organization and planning, Results achieved, Report writing, Understanding of
instructors requirements, Presentation, etc.

Plagiarism/Cheating: Plagiarism or cheating is not allowed in this class during the quizzes, exams,
homework, and projects. If caught cheating, your case could be sent to the Ethics
Committee with recommendations for expulsion from the Business Program

There is a zero tolerance policy for cheating You Cheat, You Fail !
(Please read the FCC policy on Plagiarism)
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