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Lecture notes files.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
NOTES |
| 1 |
Introduction and Course Overview |
Class Introduction (PDF)
Case Study: Use of a Queueing Model to Design a Lean System (PDF) (Jamie W. Flinchbaugh)
Lean Factory Spreadsheet (XLS) |
| 2 |
Manufacturing System Design
Class will introduce and discuss key topics in manufacturing system design by means of an example: design of a PC production facility, including choice of assembly configuration, set up of material handling system, capacity sizing. |
Design of Manufacturing System (PDF)
Queuing for System Design (PDF)
After the Race (PDF)
Design and Implementation of Cellular Manufacturing in a Job Shop Environment (PDF) (Liana Maria Alvarez Lopez)
Decision Elements in the Design of a Consumer Electronics Assembly Plant (PDF) (Thomas M. Furey)
Concurrently Designing a Physical Production System and an Information System in a Manufacturing Setting (PDF - 1.9 MB) (James Alexander Scott Katzen) |
| 3 |
Manufacturing System Design: Service Systems |
Implementing Lean Manufacturing Through Factory Design (PDF - 1.1 MB) (Jamie W. Flinchbaugh) |
| 4 |
Supply Chain Design I |
Logistics Network Configuration |
| 5 |
Manufacturing System Design: High volume automated lines - choice of buffers and buffer sizing
Guest speaker: Dr. Mitchell Burman, Analytics, Inc. Boston, MA. In this class we will hear about various projects on the analysis and design of automated production lines with finite buffers. |
The Use of Operations Research Techniques to Improve the Design of a Hewlett-Packard Printer Production Line (PDF) (Mitchell Burman) |
| 6 |
Supply Chain Design II |
MetalWorks Case |
| 7 |
Decentralized Distribution Systems |
Decentralized Distribution Systems |
| 8 |
Revenue Management |
Case Study: van Ryzin, Garrett J. "Transportation National Group." Columbia Business School, Revised November 12, 1998. |
| 9 |
Guest Speaker |
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| 10 |
Pricing Strategies |
Pricing Strategies |
| 11 |
Design of a Supply Chain for a New Product |
Optimizing the Supply-Chain Configuration for New Products (PDF) (Prof. Stephen C. Graves and Sean P. Willems)
Optimizing the Supply-Chain Configuration for New Products (PDF) (Prof. Stephen C. Graves and Sean P. Willems) |
| 12 |
Guest Speaker: Mike Romeri, Lead Director, Process Technology Group at PRTM |
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| 13 |
Flexibility and Capacity Planning |
Case Study: Van Mieghem, Jan A. "Seagate Technologies Operational Hedging." Kellogg School of Management, November 5, 1998. (Revised October 25, 2002.) |
| 14 |
Internet Based B2B Procurement Strategies |
Supply Contract Game |
| 15 |
Flexibility and Capacity Planning |
Flexibility and Capacity Planning (PDF)
Multi-Stage Flexibility (PDF) |
| 16 |
Class Summary and Wrap Up |
Class Summary (PDF) |