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Level 6 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

System Capacity Determination

LSC606 · Supply Chain Planning and Control — Week 3 of 16

CourseLSC606
Week3 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

System Capacity Determination

  1. Design capacity versus effective capacity
  2. Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
  3. Bottleneck identification and Theory of Constraints
  4. Capacity utilisation metrics
  5. Design Capacity and Effective Capacity - Calculating Capacity Utilization and Efficiency Rate
  6. What is the Theory of Constraints?
  7. Lec 55- Maintenance Performance Measures and OEE calculations

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Explain the determination of system capacity in supply chain planning and control within business management.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the determination of system capacity in supply chain planning and control within business management.

Study materials

Videos

  • Design Capacity and Effective Capacity - Calculating Capacity Utilization and Efficiency Rate · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 16 min · for registered students
  • What is the Theory of Constraints? · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 15 min · for registered students
  • Bottleneck Analysis to Understand Systems in Disruption (audio only) · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 30 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 8: Capacity Planning & Management · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 331–376 · for registered students
  • MIT OCW 15.760B Introduction to Operations Management (Spring 2004), Capacity · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
  • MIT OCW 15.769 Operations Strategy (Fall 2010), Capacity strategy · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Supply Chain Planning and Control
  • Week 2: Core Elements of Planning and Control Systems
  • Week 3: System Capacity Determination
  • Week 4: Strategic Capacity Management
  • Week 5: Capacity Decisions for Competitive Advantage
  • Week 6: Inventory Functions and Classifications
  • Week 7: Inventory Management Approaches
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Lean and Pull-Based Inventory Control
  • Week 10: Master Production Schedule Techniques
  • Week 11: Bills of Materials and System Integration
  • Week 12: Applying Supply Chain Planning and Control in practice: cas…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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