Contents

1. Introduction

1.1 Production

1.2 Production management

1.3 Role and responsibility of production management in organisation

1.4 Production system

1.5 Types of production system

1.6 Plant layout

1.7 Material handling

2. Product Design

2.1 Product design

2.2 Responsibility of designing a product

2.3 Design and production cost

2.4 Design for volume production

2.5 Factors determining the design of a product

2.6 Characteristics of a good design

2.7 Product development

2.8 Product design tools case study: Making of ipod

3. Production Planning Control

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Meaning of production planning and control

3.3 Objectives of production planning and control

3.4 Importance of production planning and control

3.5 Scope of production planning and control

3.6 Preplanning, planning and control

3.7 Project planning or preplanning

3.8 Planning

3.9 The concepts of production planning and scheduling

3.10 Production

3.11 Levels of production planning

3.12 Factors influencing production planning system

3.13 Objectives of production planning

3.14 Control

3.15 Functions of production planning control

3.16 Material planning

3.17 Types of inventories

3.18 Process planning

3.19 Routing

3.20 Scheduling

3.21 Loading

3.22 Production control     

3.23 Techniques of production control

4. Work Study, Method Study, Time Study and Productivity

4.1 Work study

4.2 Work study and production improvement

4.3 Method study

4.4 Principles of motion economy

4.5 Time study/work measurement

4.6 Work measurement techniques

4.7 Indirect work measurement techniques

4.8 Productivity

4.9 Quality management

4.10 Quality control

4.11 ISO 9001:2000 quality management system

4.12 Impact of quality circle-a case study

5. Ergonomics

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Importance

5.3 Posture and movement

5.4 Posture

5.5 Movement

5.6 Environmental factors

Included Question Papers – April 2011