Syllabus for Manufacturing Resource Planning --MIS34064                                                                

Manufacturing Resource Planning

M&IS 34064

Spring 2010

                             BSA 217 (5:30pm—8:15pm, Thursday)

Instructor:          Lihua Chen

Office:                 College of Business Administration, BSA A409

Telephone:          330.672.1160

E-mail:                lchen8@kent.edu

Office Hours:     TBA

Course Objectives: The course is designed for undergraduate student in Operations Management, Marketing, and related fields. The course is an introduction to concepts of materials and resource management as they apply to the field of operations and supply chain management.  This course will examine both the theoretical and practical sides of material and resource management as they apply to problems areas in operations and supply chain management. The goal of the course is for students to understand fundamental concepts of material and resources management in solving real-world problems in the operations and supply chain environments.

Textbook: No Textbook required.

    Manufacturing Planning & Control for Supply Chain Management. 5^th Edition. Authors: Thomas E. Vollmann, William L. Berry, D. Clay Whybark, and F. Robert Jacobs. McGraw-Hill/Irwin. The textbook is not required but recommended for the course. 

Prerequisites:  MIS 24056 & MIS 34055. Students attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisite risk being deregistered from the class.

Tentative outline:

1.     Introduction

2.     Demand Management

3.     Capacity and Yield Management

4.     Sales and Operations Planning (Aggregate Planning)

5.     Master Scheduling

6.     Inventory Management

7.     MRP – Materials Requirements Planning

8.     Production Activity Control

9.     Operations Scheduling

10.     Supply Chain Management

If time permits, we will also cover ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and Just in Time.

Grades will be determined as follows:

            Homeworks and attendance                          25%

            Exam 1                                                            25%

            Exam 2                                                            25%

            Final Exam                                                      25%

Grade scale:

Note: University policy prohibits giving extra credit or incomplete’s for failing work.

Attendance:

Students are expected to read assignments in the textbook in advance and to attend class regularly.

Missed exams:

Students will be granted an excused absence for a scheduled exam only if they contact me in advance or as soon as possible afterward (no later than one week after the exam) and provide written documentation of the extenuating circumstances that necessitated absence from the exam.

Course Withdrawal Deadline

The course withdrawal deadline is Sunday, April 4, 2010. Withdrawal before the deadline results in a “W” on the official transcript; after the deadline a grade must be calculated and reported.

Enrollment and Official Registration

Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes.  You are advised to review your official class schedule (using Student Tools on Flashline) during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure you are properly enrolled in this class and section. Should you find an error in your class schedule, you have until Sunday, January 31, 2010 to correct the error with your advising office.  If registration errors are not corrected by this date and you continue to attend and participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are advised now that you will not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester for any class in which you are not properly registered.

POLICY ON ACADEMIC HONESTY

Academic honesty: Cheating means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests, papers, projects, assignments) so as to get undeserved credit.   The use of the intellectual property of others without giving them appropriate credit is a serious academic offense.  It is the University's policy that cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade (0 points) for the work or course.  Repeat offenses may result in dismissal from the University.

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

University policy 3342-3-18 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access equal access course content.  If you have documented disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments.  Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these through the Student Disability Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit www.kent.edu/sds for more information on registration procedures).