10 Unit Credit Values

• Production: components of the production function
• Requirement of Product Design and Production Strategy: product life cycle; product strategy; research and development; product design; design services and organising product development
• Location, Layout and Productivity of Manufacturing: facilities location; facilities layout; work measurement; individual and organisational productivity
• Forecasting, Planning and Scheduling of Production: forecasting demand; planning production; scheduling production; economic order quantity model; planning and controlling projects
• Purchasing and Inventory Management: MRP I; MRP II; the purchasing function; expediting; a standard purchasing system; Just in Time management system

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