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Business and Management
Operations and Supply Chain Management
Production and Operations Management
1. Introduction to Production and Operations Management
2. Operations Strategy and Competitiveness
3. Product and Service Design
4. Process Strategy and Analysis
5. Facility Location and Layout
6. Capacity Planning and Management
7. Quality Management
8. Supply Chain Management
9. Inventory Management
10. Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling
11. Material Requirements Planning and ERP
12. Lean Operations and Just-in-Time
13. Scheduling and Sequencing
14. Project Management
15. Emerging Trends and Future Directions
6.
Capacity Planning and Management
6.1.
Capacity Concepts
6.1.1.
Capacity Definitions
6.1.1.1.
Design Capacity
6.1.1.2.
Effective Capacity
6.1.1.3.
Actual Output
6.1.2.
Capacity Measurement
6.1.2.1.
Input Measures
6.1.2.2.
Output Measures
6.1.2.3.
Utilization and Efficiency
6.1.3.
Factors Affecting Capacity
6.1.3.1.
Product Mix
6.1.3.2.
Scheduling
6.1.3.3.
Quality Considerations
6.1.3.4.
Maintenance
6.2.
Strategic Capacity Planning
6.2.1.
Long-Term vs. Short-Term Planning
6.2.2.
Capacity Strategy Options
6.2.2.1.
Leading Strategy
6.2.2.2.
Lagging Strategy
6.2.2.3.
Matching Strategy
6.2.3.
Capacity Cushion
6.2.4.
Economies and Diseconomies of Scale
6.2.5.
Learning Curve Effects
6.3.
Capacity Analysis Methods
6.3.1.
Demand Forecasting
6.3.2.
Capacity Requirements Planning
6.3.3.
Break-Even Analysis
6.3.4.
Decision Trees
6.3.5.
Simulation Models
6.4.
Capacity Expansion Decisions
6.4.1.
Timing of Expansion
6.4.2.
Size of Expansion
6.4.3.
Location of New Capacity
6.4.4.
Technology Considerations
6.5.
Managing Capacity Constraints
6.5.1.
Bottleneck Management
6.5.2.
Capacity Sharing
6.5.3.
Subcontracting
6.5.4.
Flexible Capacity
6.6.
Service Capacity Management
6.6.1.
Demand Management
6.6.2.
Yield Management
6.6.3.
Queue Management
6.6.4.
Service Level Agreements
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