The document outlines the topics covered in 4 units related to production planning and control, forecasting techniques, facility layout and material requirements planning. Unit 1 discusses functions of production planning, productivity, goods design, aggregate planning strategies and methods. Unit 2 covers forecasting techniques, errors, and qualitative methods. Unit 3 includes plant location factors, layout types, and assembly line balancing models. Unit 4 focuses on lean management, just-in-time, total quality management, six sigma, MRP systems, and enterprise resource planning.

1. Unit 1
1. Functions of Production Planning & Controls operations
2. Production Planning & Controls operations & productivity
3. Design of goods and services
4. Strategies for aggregates planning
5. aggregate planning using O.R. Models
6. Discuss various strategies in Chase planning
7. Aggregate planning process
8. Aggregate planning methods
Unit 2
1. General Types of forecasting techniques
2. Classification of forecasting
3. Forecasting error (MAD,MFE,MSE,MAPE,TS)
4. Problems on forecasting (refer note book)
5. Qualitative methods of forecasting
Unit 3
1. Detail note on CORELAP,ALDEP, CRAFT
1. Factors influencing in plant location
2. product layout, process layout, group technology layout, combination layout
3. Mathematical model for plant location
4. Assembly line balancing, Steps in Line balancing
Unit 4
1. Lean Management, philosophy and creation of lean enterprise,
2. JIT concepts
3. Kanban System
4. Elements of total quality management
5. Six Sigma Quality Control
6. MRP-I & MRP-II
7. Introduction to ERP