Month: June 2022

OPERATIONS PLANNING AND CONTROL Objectives: By the end of the chapter the student should be able to: (i) Distinguish between operations planning and control (ii) Explain the activities involved in operations planning (iii) Explain the activities involved in operations control Read More …

BUSINESS PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING (BPR) Objectives: By the end of the chapter the student should be able to: (i) Define the term business process re-engineering (ii) Outline the components of business process re-engineering (iii) Highlight the advantages and disadvantages of functional Read More …

LEAN OPERATIONS AND JUST IN TIME (JIT) MANAGEMENT Objectives: By the end of the chapter the student should be able to: (i) Highlight the main objective of lean management (ii) Discuss the key elements of lean operations (iii) Describe the Read More …

CAPACITY PLANNING Objectives: By the end of the chapter the student should be able to: (i) Define the term capacity (ii) Explain the components of capacity planning (iii) Evaluate capacity plans (iv) Explain the various demand management strategies Introduction Capacity Read More …

QUALITY CONTROL AND APPRAISAL TECHNIQUES Objectives: (i) Define the term control (ii) Highlight the dimensions quality (iii) Describe the costs of quality (iv) Define the concept of total quality management (TQM) Introduction Quality can have the following meanings: • the Read More …

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT Objectives: By the end of the chapter the student should be able to: (1) Define the term inventory (2) Explain the different types of inventory (3) Distinguish between dependent and independent demand (4) Calculate the EOQ (5) Calculate Read More …