definitions – methods – characteristics of forecasting problems – subjective forecasting methods
time series analysis – simple and moving averages – exponential smoothingmethods – correction for trend – linear and non linear regression techniques – analysis of seasonal demand –seasonal demand with growth pattern – problems
Inventory control with known demand – inventory costs
quantity discount models – instantaneous and gradual – supply and demand cases – problems
production scheduling – job shop scheduling problems – sequencing problems –scheduling tools and techniques – problems
Supply chain management – make or buy decisions – JIT purchasing –
Global sourcing – information flow – problems
Synchronous manufacturing and theory of constraints – performance measurement – capacity constraints – implementing a synchronous operations system