Industrial Engineering (Elective) SYLLABUS Introduction - operations strategy, competitiveness and productivity - product design and process selection – value analysis and value engineering – forecasting - characteristics of production systems - plant location and layout – capacity planning – production planning and control – materials requirement planning (MRP) – inventory control – Introduction to work study, time and motion study - Introduction to total quality management (TQM) - Mass Production Management-Line Balancing Techniques. Textbooks: Buffa, E.S. And Sarin, R.K., Modern production /Operations Management, John Wiley & Sons, (1994). I. L. O., Introduction to Work Study: Indian Adaptation, Third (Revised Edition) Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, (1997). References: Muhlemann , A., Oakland, J. O., and Lockyer, K., Productions and Operations Management, Macmillan (1992). Narasimhan , S. L., McLeavey D. W., and Billington , P. J., Production Planning and Inventory Control, Prentice Hall (1977) Barnes, R. M.: Motion and Time Study: Design and Measurement of Work, 7e,John Wiley and sons, New York.(1980) …….. 19