Universidad de Jaén

Chapter 1. The production function in the company

1. Introduction
2. Historical evolution of the operations management
3. Decision-making in the field of production management
4. The purpose of the production function: goods and services
5. The objectives of the production function

Chapter 2. Product and production strategy

1. Introduction
2. The product design process
3. The product lifecycle model
4. Business strategy and production strategy
5. Types of production strategy

Chapter 3. Capacity and location of facilities: logistics

1. Introduction
2. Production capacity
3. Capacity planning and control
4. Location decisions: motivations
5. Quantitative methods for localization

Chapter 4. Production system design: Technology, equipment selection and plant distribution

1. Introduction
2. Types of production processes and how distribute them in the facilities plant
3. Other differences between plant-by-product and process-by-process distribution
4. Technology and process selection decisions. Product-process strategy
5. Hybrid types of plant distribution

Chapter 5. Production planning and scheduling

1. Introduction
2. Concepts and objectives
3. Linear programming
4. Planning needs of material
5. Theory of Limitations: Optimized Production Technology
6. Project scheduling

Chapter 6. Inventories management

1. The role of inventories in the Company
2. Inventories costs and their size
3. Types of demand
4. Types of inventory systems and models
5. Deterministic model
6. Probabilistic model
7. Inventory control systems

Chapter 7. Just-in-Time Production (J.I.T.) and Continuous Improvement

1. Introduction
2. The basic elements of J.I.T.
3.  Continuous improvement
4. Implementation of J.I.T.
5. J.I.T. and services

Chapter 8. The human element in production

1. Introduction
2. Work design
3. Studying working methods
4. Measuring work
5. Compensation methods

Seminars and tutorials as face to face activities among the profesor and students. Additionally, the student will be demanded to search and review  specific materials about some contents of the subject.

Specifically, the students will spend fifty hours in face to face activities with the professor, while another ninety hours should be devoted to self- taught learning process.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

To check the theoretical knowledge acquired by the student about the subject, a written exam with a weight of 60% of the total grade will be taken.

The remaining 40% of the grade will be obtained from the submission of activities, work and supervised practices carried out by the student to show the  acquired  practical knowledge about its contents.

Therefore, we will evaluate the competences E14, E34, E5, G12, G15, G3, G4.