INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

I.E. 1080/2100: Supply Chain Analysis (Fall 2010)

SCHEDULE


Main Page

Course Administration

Course Outline & Text

Course Materials

Schedule

News & Announcements

Homework Assignments

Related Links

Jayant Rajgopal
1039 Benedum Hall
Industrial Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261

Tel. +1 412 624 9840
Fax +1 412 624 9831


rajgopal@pitt.edu

The following is a very tentative schedule for the course - we will probably change things as we proceed, depending upon the progress we are able to make, as well as on class interests, time constraints, and other factors. 
 
Date Content
READINGS*
08/31/10 Overview of Supply Chains/ Operations 6.0; CM(1); SKS(1); notes
09/02/10 Supply Chain & Operations Strategy  CM(2); SB (1.4); notes
09/07/10 Forecasting  2.1-2.5, 2.7; CM(7.1-7.4); SB(4.1-4.3,4.5.1); notes
09/09/10 Forecasting  2.8; CM(7.5); SB(5.5.2); notes
09/14/10 Forecasting  2.9, 2.6; CM(7.5-7.6); SB(5.5.3); notes
09/16/10 Aggregate Production Planning  3.1-3.4; CM(8); SB(5); HS(16); notes
09/21/10 Aggregate Production Planning 3.1-3.4; CM(8); SB(5); HS(16); notes
09/23/10 Managing Inventories - Introduction 5.7, 4; SB(6.4, 6.1,6.2.1); CM(10); notes
09/28/10 Managing Inventories - Static Demand 4; SB(6.1,6.2.1); CM(10); notes
09/30/10 Managing Inventories - EOQ Extensions 4; SB(6.1,6.2.1); CM(10); notes
10/05/10 Inventory Control / Lot Sizing / Production Planning 4; SB(6.1,6.2.1); CM(10); notes
10/07/10 Inventory Control - Dynamic Demand 7.2, 7.4; SB(6.2.2); notes
10/12/10 NO CLASS (Fall Break)
-
10/14/10 Probabilistic Demand; Newsboy Problem 5; SB(6.3); CM(12.1,12.2); notes
10/19/10 Models for Managing Inventories with Probabilistic Demand 5; SB(6.3); CM(11.2,11.3); notes
10/21/10 EXAMINATION 1
Forecasting; Aggregate Planning; Deterministic inventory control models
10/26/10 Models for Managing Inventories with Probabilistic Demand 5; SB(6.3); CM(11.2,11.3,12.3); notes
10/28/10 Risk Pooling & Aggregation in Supply Chains 6.9,7; SKS(3.3); CM(11.4); notes
11/02/10 Controlling Manufacturing Inventories 8; notes; 
11/04/10 Dependent Demand Systems -  Master Production Scheduling Notes; SB(7.2)
11/09/10 Rough Cut Capacity Planning, MRP Elements 8; notes; SB(7.2)
11/11/10 Materials Requirements Plannning 8; SB(7.3); notes
11/16/10 Capacity Requirements Plannning, MRP-II, ERP SB(7.4-7.6); notes
11/18/10 Lean & Japanese Production Philosophy Notes
11/23/10 Just-in-Time 8.6; notes
11/25/10
NO CLASS - Thanksgiving
11/30/10 Sourcing Decisions in Supply Chains CM(14); SKS(7.1-7.5); notes
11/02/10 Supply Chain Distribution Networks CM(4); notes
12/07/10 Distribution and Transportation in Supply Chains CM(13); notes
12/09/10 Catch-up; other topics
-
12/16/10 EXAMINATION 2 (at 12:00 Noon in 157 BEH) Probabilistic demand inventory control models; Risk Pooling; Dependent demand models including MPS/MRP and extensions; Distribution Systems

* Readings refer to the following books (all on library reserve)
CM: Chopra/Meindl;
SKS: Simchi-Levi/Kaminsky/Simchi-Levi; 
HS: Hopp/Spearman; 
SB: Sipper/Bulfin
All others refer to the text (or to the book by Nahmias)