Supply Network Planning and Advanced Planning Systems II (SNP II)

(formerly Produktionsmanagement IIb)
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Hans-Otto Günther
Secretariat: H 95, contact

Course schedule
Now: Winter Term 2010/11 (examinations in February and April)
Next & Last: Winter Term 2012/13 (examinations in February and April)
Final exams: Summer Term 2013 (examinations in June)

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last examination in SNP II is in June 2013!!!

Language

English

Volume and cycle

• 2 hours per week (3 ECTS)
• every winter semester

Designated Participants

• Master students of Industrial Engineering (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen, BWL module),
• Business Mathematics (Wirtschaftsmathematik)
• and related study programs

Requirements

• Successful completion of the Bachelor module in Production and Operations Management  (or equivalent university lecture)
• Basic command of Operations Research methodology

Lecture goals

To gain an overview of the scope of production planning and control (PPC) systems; to learn the major building blocks of PPC systems and to reveal their limitations and ineffectiveness; to understand the concept of advanced planning and scheduling (APS) systems and the underlying quantitative methodology; to be able to assess the applicability of APS systems in different types of industries.

Contents

• Supply Network Planning
• Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling
• Order Fulfillment and Available/Capable to Promise
• Transportation Planning and Vehicle Scheduling

Examination

• Written examination (Prüfungsäquivalente Studienleistung, Wi-Ing) or regular examination for other study programs
• Unless otherwise announced, written examinations are held at the end of the lecture semester and at the beginning of the subsequent semester with the best of the two examination results finally credited

Handouts

Provided for download

Literature

Recent international literature will be indicated in the handouts.