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We recommend the following book, and will suggest complementary readings throughout the class:

Amazon logo Simchi-Levi, David, Philip Kaminsky, and Edith Simchi-Levi. Designing and Managing the Supply Chain. 2nd ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2003. ISBN: 0071410317. (SKS)

We also recommend and suggest the following books as useful references or complements:

Amazon logo Hopp, Wallace, and Mark Spearman. Factory Physics. 2nd ed. Boston, MA: Irwin, 2000. ISBN: 0256247951. (HS)

Amazon logo Nahmias, Steven. Production and Operations Analysis. 4th ed. Boston, MA: Irwin, 2000. ISBN: 0072417412. (N)

Amazon logo Chopra, Sunil and Peter Meindl. Supply Chain Management. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN: 013101028X. (CM)

Amazon logo Shapiro, Jeremy. Modeling the Supply Chain. Pacific Grove, CA: Duxbury, 2001. ISBN: 0534373631. (S)

Amazon logo Silver, Edward, David Pyke, and Rein Peterson. Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Wiley, 1998. ISBN: 0471119474. (SPP)


LEC #TOPICSREADINGS
1Introduction and Course Overview
2Manufacturing 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.
Furey, T. M. "Decision Elements in the Design of a Consumer Electronics Assembly Plant." S. M. thesis. MIT, 1999.

Optional Readings

N, pp. 447-452, and 561-598.

HS, pp. 626-645.

Alvarez Lopez, Liana. "Design and Implementation of Cellular Manufacturing in a Job Shop Environment." S. M. thesis. MIT, 1997.
3Manufacturing System Design: Service Systems
4Supply Chain Design IRead: SKS, Chapter 2.
5Manufacturing 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.
Burman, M., S. Gershwin, and C. Suyematsu. "HP Uses Operations Research to Improve the Design of a Printer Production Line." Interfaces 28 (Jan-Feb 1998): 24-36.
6Supply Chain Design IIRead the MetalWork Corporation Case
7Decentralized Distribution Systems
8Revenue ManagementRead: SKS, Chapter 7.
9Guest Speaker
10Pricing Strategies
11Design of a Supply Chain for a New ProductGraves, S., and S. Willems. "Optimizing the Supply-Chain Configuration for New Products." Proceedings of the 2000 MSOM Conference. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, June 2000, p. 8.
12Guest Speaker: Mike Romeri, Lead Director, Process Technology Group at PRTM
13Flexibility and Capacity Planning
14Internet Based B2B Procurement Strategies
15Flexibility and Capacity Planning
16Class Summary and Wrap Up

 








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