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Level 6 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Bills of Materials and System Integration

LSC606 · Supply Chain Planning and Control — Week 11 of 16

CourseLSC606
Week11 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Bills of Materials and System Integration

  1. Single-level and multi-level BOM architectures
  2. Modular and phantom BOM applications
  3. Engineering change control mechanisms
  4. Integration with Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
  5. Lec 24-Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
  6. MRP vs MRP II vs ERP - A Comparison of Planning Systems
  7. Lec 25-Improvements in the MRP system

What you will be able to do

  • 4.1 Explain the concept of master production schedule activities and techniques in supply chain planning and control in business management.
  • 4.2 Analyse the structure of bills of materials and their importance in supply chain planning and control in business management

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the concept of master production schedule activities and techniques in supply chain planning and control in business management.

Study materials

Videos

  • MRP vs MRP II vs ERP - A Comparison of Planning Systems · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 6 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • MIT OCW ESD.260J Logistics Systems (Fall 2006), Inventory management VII: MRP and DRP · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
  • MIT OpenCourseWare 15.762J Supply Chain Planning (Spring 2011) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · 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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