Comprehensive coverage of product and service design including design strategy factors, objectives, life cycles, standardization, reliability, manufacturability, concurrent engineering, CAD, recycling, and facility layout and location planning.
Introduction to supply chain management covering sequence of organizations, facilities, functions, typical supply chains for manufacturers and services, need for SCM, and bullwhip effect in inventory management.
Unit on Management Information Systems covering system concepts, basic functions (input, processing, output), cybernetic systems, SDLC phases, systems design specifications, and role of end users in system development.
Presentation covering supply chain management benefits (lower inventories, higher productivity), elements (logistics, e-commerce), JIT systems, challenges, supplier relationships, and critical issues in purchasing, outsourcing, and globalization.
Detailed explanation of inter-related pricing covering joint demand, composite demand, joint supply, and composite supply situations. Includes marginal analysis techniques and pricing determination using supply-demand curves under perfect competition assumptions.