Students begin the planning process by developing a bill of materials and progress through production activity control. Each team selects a specific operational change and analyzes its impact on the company. Students analyze production control require-ments as applied to both push and pull production environments. Additionally they learn to capture data and prepare for product changes in a variety of manufacturing environ-ments. This course provides an overview of the complete material flow cycle, which includes purchasing, transportation, warehousing, inventory management, trafficking and shipping, and explores how the material flow cycle is related to physical facility layout.
Case studies provide the opportunity to analyze the impact of changes in flow and physical layouts.
In this capstone course, students analyze the evolution of North American manufacturing and service operations.