List & details of some of the subjects studied in M.

tech Industrial engineering curriculum

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Computer aided facilities planning Advanced topics in production planning and control Advanced probability and statistics System simulation and modeling Advanced topics in operations research Work system design Design of experiments Supply chain management Lean manufacturing systems Quality and reliability engineering

1. Computer aided facilities planning- product, process and schedule design, material handling concepts, layout planning, warehouse operation design, design of manufacturing systems, quantitative facilities planning models, facilities planning for various industries.

2. Advanced topics in production planning and control- Manufacturing production system(MPC), Material requirement planning(MRP), distribution requirement planning, sales and operations planning, capacity planning, enterprise resource planning, supply chain inventory management, just in time, scheduling

3. Advanced probability and statistics- different types of discrete and continuous distributions, stochastic process, Poisson process, Markov chains, variance reduction techniques, ANOVA, linear regression, hypothesis testing, multiple regression, mathematical expectation, moment generation, multivariate techniques, factor analysis.

4. System simulation and modeling- building various simulation models, input analysis, output data analysis, modeling complex systems, experimental design, sensitivity analysis, simulation of manufacturing systems.

5. Advanced topics in operations research- linear programming, duality in linear programming, integer programming, goal programming, dynamic programming, forecasting techniques, inventory management, replacement theory, PRET & CPM, queuing theory, decision theory, Markov chains, investment analysis, and break-even analysis.

6. Work system design- ergonomics concepts, method analysis, graphical productivity analysis, time study, motion study, body mechanics at work, design and evaluation of manual handling tasks.

7. Design of experiments- analysis of variance, experiments with single factor, factorial designs, 2^k factorial design, three level and mixed level factorial designs, fractional factorial design, fitting regression models, response surface methods, experiments with random factors.

8. Supply chain management- Network planning, inventory management, risk pooling, information technology in SCM, supply chain integration, strategic alliances in SCM, supply chain design, simulation.

9. Lean manufacturing systems- basic concepts of lean manufacturing, steps in lean manufacturing, manufacturing system design, axiomatic design principles, step-up reduction, integrated quality control, production and inventory control, ergonomics in cell design, automation and autonomation, simulation, Toyota production systems.

10. Quality and reliability engineering- quality and reliability mathematics, reliability engineering concepts, reliability analysis methods, quality engineering concepts, robot reliability, software quality.