ISEN 453: Manufacturing Operations

Course Description

Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.Analytical principles of manufacturing systems design, analysis and control; emphasis placed on stochastic analysis; role of variability and impact on cycle time; push versus pull production strategies including Kanban and constant WIP control; probability, queuing theory, Little’s Law, heavy traffic approximations, and queuing networks.Prerequisites:Grade of C or better inISEN 340andMATH 304; junior or senior classification.