| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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) |