Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course, the students knows the basics of production planning and is aware of the different strategies and models for production planning used in the international industry.

In addition, the student should be able to:
-Evaluate their own work and that of others
-Critically study and give feedback to report works
-Crictically evaluate different technical methods
-Account for and discuss opinions
-Argument and reason around technical questions

Content

The Basics of Lean Production and its Tools.
Methods for Planning and Scheduling Manufacturing and Assembly.
Master Production Sceduling and Material Resource Planning (MPS, MPR).
Production Quality
Flowcharts and Value Stream Mapping
The Future of Production

Location and time

Time: See course calendar (in Peppi) for course schedule
Place: Novia-Vasa-Engineering or online (Moodle)

Materials

We do not actually use a course book, but instead pick up resources from there and from there - but if you learn best by reading a proper book from A to Ö then I recommend (from Tritonia):
* Bicheno, John; Holweg, Matthias (2016). The Lean toolbox : a Handbook for Lean Transformation. PICSIE Books. Fifth edition. ISBN 978-0-9568307-5-3
* Krajewski, Lee J.; Malhotra, Manoj K.; Ritzman, Larry P. (2019). Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains. Pearson. Twelfth edition. ISBN 978-1-292-25993-2
* Olhager, J. (2013). Produktionsekonomi. Lund: Studentlitteratur. ISBN 978-91-44-06766-7

Teaching methods

Project-based learning, lectures, exercises, feedback-sessions and self-studies.

Employer connections

One excursion or guest lecture during the course.

Exam schedules

By performing weekly project works and by participating in feedback sessions (with discussion) or self-development activities and excursion or guest lecture you collect points that lead to the final grade.
The first return box closes automatically the evening before the week's lecture. The report submitted here is assessed and scored within one week. The second submission box will remain open until the course starts again next year (if you have no grade by then you start again from zero points). These "late" submissions are graded at the end of every month (not June-July).
Course grade within one week after the last project, or towards the end of the month after the last submission.

Completion alternatives

Can be completed without attendance in class - you can do the projects on your own and can perform self-development activities instead of participating in feedback sessions (see more about these in Moodle).

Student workload

The student is expected to spend a total of 10 hours of work per week on the course in order to reach the European goals of 25-30 hours of work per credits obtained. 3 hours of local education (or equivalent amount of time spent on studying online material and doing self-development activities) and 7 hours of work on own time.

Content scheduling

Week - Project
1 - Lean Production and its Tools
2 - Lean Production - Business Project (obligatory) *
3 - Push vs. Pull Production
4 - Master Production Scheduling (MPS) & Material Resource Planning (MRP)
5 - Production Optimization
6 - Production Scheduling with Software
7 - Flowcharts and Value Stream Mapping
8 - Quality Tools
9 - Process Development with the Deming Circle
10 - AI in Production Planning
11 - Excursion/Guest Lecture
12 - Summary

NB! Project Lean Production - Business Project must be completed to achieve a course part grade.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Knows the importance of production planning in the manufacturing process.
On request, can analyze a production plan
Knows the connection between work-in-progress, tied capital and profitability
Knows some of the area's central concepts in a foreign language
Can participate in a discussion about production planning

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Can make a plan for how the production is to be carried out
Can independently analyze and improve a premade plan
Understands how the manufacturing process affects profitability, financing and cash flow
Can understand texts in a foreign language that deal with the current theme
Can hold a presentation about production planning

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Can argue for and against different strategies and models for production planning
Can evaluate and propose improvements to a production plan
Can suggest solutions in production that can improve the company's profitability, financing and cash flow
Can take part in literature in a foreign language about production planning
Can describe and explain the role and influence of production to third parties

Assessment methods and criteria

By performing project works and by participating in feedback sessions (with discussion) or self-development activities and excursion or guest lecture you collect points that lead to the final grade.
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For participation in project work, the following points are awarded:
• Failed = 0p (The work is obviously deficient, parts are left unfinished)
• Accepted = 1p (A report that is shallow or lacks a few answers)
• Excellent = 2p (Demands that you show significant research compilation skill, ability to generate answers to all tasks)
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For participation in a feedback-session (constructive, detailed feedback) = 1p
For completion of a self-development activity (serious, analytical) = 1p
For active participation in an excursion/guest lecture (discussing, writing) = 1p
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Points Results
24->31 = 5
22->23 = 4
20->21 = 3
17->19 = 2
15->16 = 1

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Insufficient knowledge and/or course effort to achieve a grade of 1

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Knows the importance of production planning in the manufacturing process.
On request, can analyze a production plan
Knows the connection between work-in-progress, tied capital and profitability
Knows some of the area's central concepts in a foreign language
Can participate in a discussion about production planning

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Can make a plan for how the production is to be carried out
Can independently analyze and improve a premade plan
Understands how the manufacturing process affects profitability, financing and cash flow
Can understand texts in a foreign language that deal with the current theme
Can hold a presentation about production planning

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Can argue for and against different strategies and models for production planning
Can evaluate and propose improvements to a production plan
Can suggest solutions in production that can improve the company's profitability, financing and cash flow
Can take part in literature in a foreign language about production planning
Can describe and explain the role and influence of production to third parties

Qualifications

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Further information

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