Course Syllabus

Inventory Control and Material Handling(423IE-3)

1. Course number and name

Course number:
423IE-3

Course name:

Inventory Control
and Material
Handling

2. Credits and contact hours

Credits
3

Contact hours

45 hrs

3. Instructors or course coordinators name

Instructor's name
Dr. Elsayed A. Elsayed Esmaeel
4. Textbook, title, author, and year
Inventory Control
Textbook
Sven Axsater
Author
Year
2006
a. Other supplemental materials
Principles of Inventory and Materials Management
Textbook
Tersine, R. J.
Author
1988
Year
5. Specific course information
a. Brief description of the content of the course (catalog description)
Course's description
This course emphasizes inventory management and control and includes topics in material
handling, deterministic models, stochastic models,models with limitation by using Lagrange
optimization.
b. Prerequisites or co-requisites
Course's number
Course's name
Prerequisites
--Co-requisites
--c. Indicate whether a required, elective, or selected elective (as per Table 5-1) course
in the program
Course's type
Required
Elective
Selected Elective
.

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6. Specific goals for the course

a. Specific outcomes of instruction, ex. The student will be able to explain the
significance of current research about a particular topic.
SLOs#
Description
321IE-SLO#1
Identify meaning, functions of materials management,
321IE-SLO#2
321IE-SLO#3
321IE-SLO#4
321IE-SLO#5
321IE-SLO#6
321IE-SLO#7
321IE-SLO#8
321IE-SLO#9
321IE-SLO#10

321IE-SLO#11
321IE-SLO#12
321IE-SLO#13

material planning and control, purchasing, stores

Management
Apply principles and methods of Purchasing Systems and
Vendor Rating , ABC analysis, VED, SDE, HML, MNG.
Develop models for Economic Order Quantity (EOQ), Purchase
model, Production model
Determine the suitable safety stock should be held, Demand an
lead time with different probabilities.
Apply principles of , Sensitivity Analysis, Quantity discounts
models.
Identify Backorder Models, Purchase model, Production model,
Organize N-Period Production scheduling Model (without
shortage, and with shortage)
Mange Single Period Stochastic Inventories, inventory models
with limitation(Space, investment, Number of orders, and
inventory levels)
Review Objectives of Material Handling, Principles of Material
Handling, Selection of Material Handling Equipments
Identify and evaluation of Material Handling System,
Guidelines for Effective Utilisation of Material Handling
Equipments, Relationship Between Plant Layout and Material
Handling.

Apply models in the real situation problems.

Descusions and presentation.
Work together in a team to model an inventory control system and
Effectively communicate the results in a written report.

b. Explicitly indicate which of the student outcomes listed in Criterion 3 or any other
outcomes are addressed by the course.
SLOs#
Abet outcome
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
321IE-SLO#1

321IE-SLO#2

321IE-SLO#3

321IE-SLO#4

321IE-SLO#5

321IE-SLO#6

321IE-SLO#7

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321IE-SLO#9
321IE-SLO#10
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321IE-SLO#12
321IE-SLO#13

7. Brief list of topics to be covered

Topic# Description
1
Introduction of materials management and planning.
2
principles and methods of Purchasing Systems and Vendor Rating
Deterministic models without shortage, (EOQ).
3
Deterministic models with shortage, (EOQ).
4
5
Reorder point and safety stock.
Sensitivity Analysis, and Quantity discounts models.
6
Stochastic Inventory models (discret and continuous)
7
inventory models with limitation(Space, investment, number of orders,
8
9
10

and inventory levels)

Material Handling System

Project

Criterion 3. Student Outcomes

a
An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
b
An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and
interpret data
c
An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired
needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social,
political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
d
An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams
e
An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
f
An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
g
An ability to communicate effectively
h
The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering
solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
i
A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long
learning
j
A knowledge of contemporary issues
k
An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools
necessary for engineering practice.