OR Techniques for Operations Management

OR Techniques for Operations Management

3 hours of lectures per week and 2 hours of exercises every second week.

Lecturer
Søren Glud Johansen

Content
The course with the Danish title ''Produktionsplanlægning'' is also offered for students in Economics and is scheduled by ''Det Økonomiske Studienævn''.

The basic topics are:

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deterministic and probabilistic models for demand systems

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transportation problems

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network models

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material requirements planning

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scheduling

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coordination (of multiple items and multiple locations)

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forecasting

The level is intermediate.

Prerequisites
Probability 1 and Mathematical programming.

Assessment
Four hours written examination.

Literature
Edward A. Silver, David F. Pyke and Rein Peterson: Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling, 3rd Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1998. Chapters 4-12 and 15-17.
Wayne L. Winston: Introduction to Mathematical Programming, 2nd Ed., Duxbury Press, 1995. Chapters 7 and 8.