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427: Factory Operations Analysis (MEM)


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Prerequisites

None

Description

Basic principles for analyzing factory operations.

Topics

  • Analysis of inventory control policies
  • The differences between MRP and JIT
  • Production planning and scheduling
  • Fundamental relationships between cycle time, work-in-process, throughput, and variability
  • Differences between Push and Pull manufacturing environments