NPTEL : Project and Production Management (Mechanical Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Arun Kanda


Lecture 1 - Project and Production Management - An Overview

Lecture 2 - Project Management: An Overview

Lecture 3 - Project Identification and Screening

Lecture 4 - Project Appraisal - Part I

Lecture 5 - Project Appraisal - Part II

Lecture 6 - Project Selection

Lecture 7 - Project Representation

Lecture 8 - Consistency and Redundancy in Project Networks

Lecture 9 - Basic scheduling with A-O-A Networks

Lecture 10 - Basic Scheduling with A-O-N Networks

Lecture 11 - Project Scheduling with Probabilistic Activity

Lecture 12 - Linear Time-Cost Tradeoffs in Projects

Lecture 13 - Project Crashing with Multiple Objectives

Lecture 14 - Resource Profiles and Leveling

Lecture 15 - Limited Resource Allocation

Lecture 16 - Project Monitoring and Control with PERT/Cost

Lecture 17 - Team Building and Leadership in Projects

Lecture 18 - Organizational and Behavioral Issues

Lecture 19 - Computers in Project Management

Lecture 20 - Project Completion and Review

Lecture 21 - Life Cycle of a Production System

Lecture 22 - Role of Models in Production Management

Lecture 23 - Financial Evaluation of capital Decisions

Lecture 24 - Decision Trees and Risk Evaluation

Lecture 25 - Introducing New Products & Services

Lecture 26 - Economic Evaluation of New Products & Services

Lecture 27 - Product Mix Decisions

Lecture 28 - Product & Process Design

Lecture 29 - Issues in Location of Facilities

Lecture 30 - Mathematical Models for Facility Location

Lecture 31 - Layout planning

Lecture 32 - Computerised Layout Planning

Lecture 33 - Product Layouts and Assembly Line Balancing

Lecture 34 - Forecasting

Lecture 35 - The Analysis of Time Series

Lecture 36 - Aggregate Production Planning: Basic Concepts

Lecture 37 - Modelling Approaches

Lecture 38 - Basic Inventory Principles

Lecture 39 - Inventory Modelling

Lecture 40 - Material Requirements Planning

Lecture 41 - Scheduling of Job Shops