{"id":1553,"date":"2024-07-25T18:37:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/?post_type=course&p=1553"},"modified":"2025-05-28T20:07:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T17:07:36","slug":"45","status":"publish","type":"course","link":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/courses\/45\/","title":{"rendered":"Production Systems"},"author":5,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"semester":[37],"course_type":[58],"class_list":["post-1553","course","type-course","status-publish","hentry","semester-37","course_type-core"],"acf":{"code":"45","semester":37,"level":"1","teaching_activities":{"activity_1":{"description":"Theory","weekly_hrs":3,"ects":5},"activity_2":{"description":"Exercises","weekly_hrs":1,"ects":""},"activity_3":{"description":"","weekly_hrs":"","ects":""},"activity_4":{"description":"","weekly_hrs":"","ects":""},"activity_5":{"description":"","weekly_hrs":"","ects":""}},"type":58,"language":"\u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac","erasmus":"\u038c\u03c7\u03b9","url":"https:\/\/exams-sm.the.ihu.gr\/enrol\/index.php?id=43","prerequisites":"","instructors":[1961],"coordinator":"","content":"Operations management and productivity\r\nQuality and statistical process control\r\nForecasting demand methods\r\nDesign goods and services\r\nProcess strategies and capacity planning\r\nLocation strategies and layout strategies\r\nHuman resources strategy\r\nSupply-chain management\r\nInventory management\r\nAggregate scheduling\r\nMaterial requirements planning management\r\nPrinciples of project management\r\nMaintenance and reliability","goals":"Students will demonstrate an understanding of production as a process of converting or transforming resources into products; demonstrate an understanding of the manager's concern in planning, organizing, directing, and controlling productive operations to meet organizational objectives; They will also understand productivity measures, quality and costs, both direct and indirect, and they will use a variety of problem-solving techniques to aid in effective decision making.","skills":"Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using corresponding technologies, Adaptation to new situations, Independent work, Teamwork \u2013 distribution of responsibilities.","teaching_methods":"Lectures, Exercises, Online guidance, Projected Presentations, E-mail communication, Online Synchronous and Asynchronous Teaching Platform (moodle).","students_evaluation":"Assessment Language: Greek\r\nPublic Presentations of group projects (30%)\r\nFinal Written Examinations (70%)\r\nEvaluation criteria:\r\nAbility to analyse and design a production system. Apply principles of process and capacity planning. Understand human resource management. Use the principles of supply-chain and inventory management.","bib_textbooks":"Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms and System, M. Pinedo, Springer, 2008;\r\nProduction and Operations Analysis, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill\/Irwin Series Operations and Decision Sciences, Steven Nahmias, 2008.\r\nOperations Management, Stevenson, W.J., 12th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2015.\r\nProduction Systems Engineering, J. Li and S.M. Meerkov, Springer, 2009.\r\nFacilities Planning, James A. Tompkins, John A. White, Yavuz A. Bozer, J.M.A. Tanchoco.\r\nProduct Design and Development, th Edition, K.Ulrich, S. Eppinger.\r\nEngineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design, 4th Edition, N. Cross, Wiley, 2008.","bib_journals":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course\/1553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/course"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course\/1553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4162,"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course\/1553\/revisions\/4162"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/1961"}],"acf:term":[{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"course_type","href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course_type\/58"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"semester","href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/semester\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"semester","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/semester?post=1553"},{"taxonomy":"course_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course_type?post=1553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}