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MODULE 1: Production and Operations Management Week Objectives Content Teaching/learning strategy Assessment TERM 1 1 Describe the decisions involved in the nature of the production process Nature of production Input (FOP) throughout (production process) output (finished goods and services) Production methods: job, batch, flow and cell production Location of production: quantitative factors (site cost, transport cost, labour cost, revenue cost), qualitative factors (infrastructure, environmental and planning consideration, management preferences) Discussion Brainstorming location factors: setting up a NightClub in Trincity Mall 2004Q2A 2JUNE2008Q1 2012Q2C 2013Q2B 2014Q1 2 Explain techniques involved in forecasting Forecasting techniques Sales force composite Delphi method Consumer surveys Jury of experts Moving average Least squares regression Student presentations in groups for each technique (posters) 2009Q2A 2006Q1 2004Q2 2002Q2 3 Discuss the strategies involved in product design Product design strategies Modularization Miniaturization Integration Value analysis Computer aided design (CAD), computer aided manufacturing (basic principles) PPTS: Pictures of design strategies Discussion of value analysis with examples 4 Explain the concept of capacity planning Capacity Planning Definition of capacity Importance of capacity utilitization Design capacity Efficiency capacity Calculation of capacity utilization(simple calculations) Methods of improving capacity utilization Economies and diseconomies of scale Discussion 2014Q2 5 Examine various strategies used in production layout process Layout Strategies Process layout Production layout Fixed position layout PPT Discussion