INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

 

IE 241                                                                   No. of hrs/week = 02

                                                                                         No. of credits  = 02

 

I.INTRODUCTION :

            1.1       What is Industrial Engineering

            1.2       Early developments

            1.3       Scope of Industrial Engineering

            1.4       IE and its influence on productivity

REFERENCE :Introduction to Industrial Engineering & Management Science   - Philiphs E.Hicks

 

II           FUNCTIONAL AREAS :

1.         Methods Development

1.1       Introduction to Method study and work measurement

1.2       Steps involved in method study

1.3       Recording techniques

1.4       Analysis of recorded data leading to improved methods

REFERENCE :Introduction to work study - I.L.O

 

2.0       Facilities Design/Plant layout

2.1       Definition, objectives and principles of plant layout

2.2       Basic types of layout

2.3       Factors influencing plant layout

2.4       Visual aids used in layout work

REFERENCE :Practical plant layout - Richard Muther

 

3.0       Production Control

3.1       Production control - Definition and its need

3.2       Functions of production control

3.3       Process planning

3.4       Loading & scheduling

3.5       Dispatching and expediting

REFERENCE :Elements of production control - Samuel Eilon

 

4.0       Quality control

4.1       What is quality

4.2       Quality measures in goods & services

4.3       Methods of controlling quality

REFERENCE :Quality planning & analysis - J.M.Juran

 

5.0        Simulation

5.1        Concepts of a system

5.2       Continuous and discrete systems

5.3       System modeling & types of models

5.4       The technique of simulation

5.5       Comparison of simulation with analytical methods

REFERENCE :Systems Simulation - Geoffrey Gordon

 

III          MATHEMATICAL TOOLS :

1.         Statistical quality control charts for variables & attributes

REFERENCE : Statistical quality control - E.L.Grant

 

2.0       Linear programming techniques for resource allocation

2.1       Assignment model

2.2       Transportation model applied to distribution & production scheduling

REFERENCE :Production systems-planning, analysis & control-James L.Riggs

3.0       Decision support systems

3.1       Decision making using decision trees

REFERENCE :Operations Management - Theory & problems - Joseph.G.Monks