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Format For Instruction Plan [for Courses with Lectures and Tutorials ]

Course No. MGT497 Course Title: MATERIALS MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE L: 3 T: 1 P: 0 Cr: 4

Course Planner :- 14120 :: Sumit Goyal

TextBook

1. Introduction to Materials Management. J R Tony Arnold, Stephen, RV Ramakrishnan

Other Specific Books

2. Matrerials Management An integrated approach. P. Gopalakrishnan & M. Sunderesan
3. Operation Management. Chase, Jacobs, Agarwal (Tata Mcgraw Hills)
4. Supply Chain Management. Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl

Other Readings

Sr. No. Jouranls atricles as compulsary readings (specific articles, Complete reference)

5 Article-Materials Management, The profit centre

6 Article- Supply chain Demystified

7 Article- Performance measure of supply chain

8 Article- Tranforming Value Analysis

9 Secret to smart inventory control

10 Article- Contract management Strategies

11 Article - Materials management, crucial to overall efficiency

Relevant Websites

Sr. No. Web adress (only if relevant to the courses) Salient Features

12 www.apics.org Website of Association of Operations Management

13 www.asq.org American Society for Quality, Mentions various Quality Control Tools

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 14 www.mhhe.org/omc/index.html McGraw Hill Site, Links to over 100 operations related articles

15 www.poms.org A site for operations practitioners. Contains a lot of useful links and
feature

Detailed Plan For Lectures

Pedagogical tool
Chapters/Sections of
Homework to be Demonstration/case
Week No. Lecture No. Topic Textbook/other
Assigned to students study/images/anmation
reference
ctc. planned

Part 1
Week 1 Lecture 1 Integrated materials management: ->Reference :2,Ch-1 Power point presentation
Importance, Need for integrated concept, Scope, Advantages, Future
Lecture 2 Organization & Control: Organizing materials management, ->Reference :2,Ch-3
Organization based on commodities, location & function, Inter
departmental relation
Lecture 3 Corporate policy & Materials management: Scope, Make or buy, ->Reference :2,Ch-2
quality & quantity requirement, cost aspects

Week 2 Lecture 4 Materials planning & Budgeting: Importance, Definition, Techniques, ->Reference :1,Ch-4 Article - Materials
Guidelines, Budgeting management, the profit
centre.
Lecture 5 Material Requirement planning: MRP prerequisites, Evolution of ->Reference :1,Ch- 2-4 Power point presentation
MRP-II, Benefits and implementation of ERP. Leading ERP vendors
Lecture 6 Electronic Commerce- B2B commerce & B2C e-commerce.significance ->Reference :1,Ch-13 HomeWork 1 Allocation Power point presentation
of e-commerce

Week 3 Lecture 7 Codification and standardization ->Reference :2,Ch-7 Term Paper 1 Allocation Power point presentation

Lecture 8 Purchasing: Purchase system, Importance, Goals, Purchase budget ->Reference :1,Ch-7 Power point presentation

Lecture 9 Vendor/Source selection: Importance, Stages in source selection, ->Reference :1,Ch-7 Power point presentation
Special aspects

Week 4 Lecture 10 Vendor relation, Vendor rating, Ethics in buyer-seller relation ->Reference :1,Ch-7 Power point presentation

Part 2
Week 4 Lecture 11 Price Forecasting: Importance, Approaches, Price forecasting ->Reference :2,Ch-11 HomeWork 1
techniques Submission

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Part 2
Week 4 Lecture 12 Buying seasonal commodities: Nature of seasonality, Purchasing ->Reference :2,Ch-12
under fluctuating price, Determining the optimal buying strategy

Week 5 Lecture 13 Purchasing under uncertainty: Decision problems, Uncertainty ->Reference :2,Ch-13 HomeWork 2 Allocation Problem Solving
situations
Lecture 14 Purchasing capital equipment: ->Reference :2,Ch-14 Power point presentation
Significance, Evaluation of bids
Lecture 15 Purchase of used equipments, Drawbacks, Purchase vs Lease ->Reference :2,Ch-14 Power point presentation

Week 6 Lecture 16 International Purchasing: ->Reference :2,Ch-15 Power point presentation

Need, Procedure, Documentation, Problems, Trading organizations
Lecture 17 Legal Aspects of buying: Law of agency, Law of contract ->Reference :2,Ch-18 Power point presentation

Lecture 18 Insurance Buying: Aspects of insurance management, General ->Reference :2,Ch-19 Power point presentation
insurance industry

Week 7 Lecture 19 Forecasting: Demand management, Components of demand, ->Reference :1,Ch-8 HomeWork 2
Qualitative techniques in forecasting Submission

Lecture 20 Time series analysis in forecasting: ->Reference :1,Ch-8 Quiz 1 Problem solving
Simple moving average method, Weighted moving average method
Lecture 21 Exponential smoothing method of forecasting ->Reference :1,Ch-8 Term Paper 1 Problem solving
Submission

MID-TERM
Part 3
Week 8 Lecture 22 Forecast errors, Sources of error, Measurement of error ->Reference :1,Ch-8 Problem solving

Lecture 23 Linear regression analysis for forecasting ->Reference :1,Ch-8 Problem solving

Lecture 24 Decomposition of a time series method of forecasting ->Reference :1,Ch-8 HomeWork 3 Allocation Problem solving

Week 9 Lecture 25 Focus forecasting method ->Reference :1,Ch-8 Problem solving

Lecture 26 Inventory Control: Definition, purpose of inventory, Inventory costs, ->Reference :1,Ch-9 Problem solving
Independent & dependent demand, Single period inventory model
Lecture 27 Multi period inventory system: Q-model & P-model ->Reference :1,Ch-10 Problem solving

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Part 3
Week 10 Lecture 28 Fixed order quantity model with safety stock, Fixed time period model ->Reference :1,Ch-11 HomeWork 3 Problem solving
with safety stock Submission

Lecture 29 ABC Inventory planning ->Reference :1,Ch-9 HomeWork 4 Allocation Problem solving

Part 4
Week 10 Lecture 30 S.D.E. classification; F.S.N. analysis, XYZ analysis ->Reference :1,Ch-9

Week 11 Lecture 31 Stores Management: Location, layout, cost aspect & productivity, ->Reference :2,Ch-21
Store systems & procedures
Lecture 32 Incoming materials control ->Reference :2,Ch-23

Lecture 33 Equipment Management: Equipment procurement, Equipment ->Reference :2,Ch-14

maintenance, Maintenance budget

Week 12 Lecture 34 Obsolete, surplus & scrap management ->Reference :2,Ch-25 HomeWork 4
Submission

Lecture 35 Value Analysis: Definition & scope, Value analysis framework, ->Reference :2,Ch-26 Article - Transforming
Implementation & methodology Value analysis.

Lecture 36 Understanding the supply chain: ->Reference :4,Ch-1 Article - Supply chain
Definition, Objective, Decision phases, Process view Demystified.

Week 13 Lecture 37 Supply chain performance: ->Reference :4,Ch-2

Competitive and supply chain strategy, Achieving strategic fit,
Expanding strategic scope.
Lecture 38 Supply chain drivers and metrics: ->Reference :4,Ch-3 Quiz 2 Article - Performance
Drivers of supply chain performance, framework for structuring measure of supply chain
drivers, facilities, Inventory, Transportation
Lecture 39 Supply chain drivers and metrics: ->Reference :4,Ch-3
Information, Sourcing, Pricing, Obstacle to achieving fit

Spill Over
Week 14 Lecture 40 Forecasting techniques ->Reference :1,Ch-8 Problem Solving

Lecture 41 Inventory control techniques ->Reference :1,Ch-9-11 Problem Solving

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 Details of homework and case studies plan
Nature of homework
Homework No. Topic of the Homework (group/individuals/field work

Homework 1 How the materials management has become a central theme for the hospitals/healthcare Group
organizations to gain competitive advantage? Discuss.

Homework 2 Discuss different kinds of purchase system & procedures. Discuss hoe they affect a hospital in Individual
providing better services.

Homework 3 10-15 problems will be given on various forecasting techniques Individual

Homework 4 10-15 problems will be given on various inventory control techniques. Individual

*Normally all the homeworks shall be submitted online but in special courses where homeworks cannot be submited online , the insructor can edit the mode of submission while
entering the IP Details

Scheme for CA:out of 100*

Component Frequency Out of (If any) Marks for each Total Marks

Homework 3 4 15 45

Term Paper 1 25 25

Quiz 2 15 30

Total :- 100

* In ENG courses wherever the total exceeds 100, consider x best out of y components of CA, as explained in teacher's guide available on the UMS

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 List of suggested topics for term paper[at least 15] (Student to spend about 15 hrs on any one specified term paper)
Sr. No. Topic
1 Based on the given Sector and Product make the Operations Plan for a Business idea you will like to Implement
in Future.The operation plan should cover all the components of Production & Operations discussed during
the course.Things to be included in the plan can be inventory management,layout,location
stratergies,TQM,Production Planning and Supply Chain Management
2 Study of Layout design of a given Organization. Organizations to belong to various Industry Verticals
3 To study and comment about the various procedures adopted by Pharmaceutical Industry w.r.t Inventory
Mgmt
4 To study the Operations & Location Strategy of the Hospitals
5 Supply chain Management practices of various healthcare organizations
6 Identify hospitals those have won Internationally Acclaimed quality Awards. Establish linkage between their
operations management systems and their success. Study the journey of the organization towards excellence
7 Report on materilas Management Practices and Tools being used by healthcare industry in Punjab
8 Study on supply chain management of hospital/pharma companies that gives them strategic competitive
advantage.
9 Study of Major pharma/healthcare Operations, for example, 1. Draw a process flow diagram for a single major
item at a given chain. (What are the major process steps and where are the locations of inventories?) 2.
Qualitatively, why do you think the locations/quantities of inventories are where/what they are? 3. Analyze
the peak hourly capacity vs. peak hourly demand for the major item. Can they produce enough burgers? How
does the management of operations relate to the company's method of competing in the marketplace?

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 Plan for Tutorial: (Please do not use these time slots for syllabus coverage)

Tutorial No. Topic Type of pedagogical tool(s) planned

(case analysis,problem solving test,role play,business game etc)

Tutorial 1 Giving insight about the various departments of the hospital and Role play,Class participation by the students and group
their dependence on hsopital store. discussion

Tutorial 2 Article discussion - Materials amangement, The profit center. Case analysis

Tutorial 3 Article Discussion - Secret to smart inventory control. by- Rick Case analysis
Dana Barlow

Tutorial 4 Home work -1 presentation Presentation by students

Tutorial 5 Home work -1 Presentation Presentatio n by students

Tutorial 6 Doubt Clearing & Revision from previous sessions Problem solving

Tutorial 7 Problem solving on forecasting techniques Problem solving

After Mid-Term
Tutorial 8 Problem solving on regression technique, Focus forecasting Problem solving
technique.

Tutorial 9 Problem solving on inventory control: EOQ, P-Model, Q- model, Problem solving
Safety stock

Tutorial 10 Revision & Doubt clearing Problem solving,Test

Tutorial 11 More problem solving on ABC mathod of inventory control Problem solving

Tutorial 12 Term paper presnetation Term paper presentation by students

Tutorial 13 Term paper presentation Term paper presentation by students

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