Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Logistics Systems Consisting of Globally Distributed Enterprises
2:30P - 3:45P TTh 2229 SC
Course Instructor
Professor Peter O’Grady http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/~pjogrady/
Office Hours: 1:45 - 2:30 pm TTh or by appointment
2132SC
Teaching Assistant
Ivy Donaldson E-Mail:
ivy-donaldson@uiowa.edu
Office Hours: T 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm and Th 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm or by appointment (via e-mail).
Location SC1307
Class Times and Locations2:30P - 3:45P TTh 2229 SC | PrerequisitesCompleting the prerequisites is MANDATORY! The course has prerequisites 056:032 (or 56:031) AND 56:171.
The pre-requisites are crucial in understanding the course material and it is therefore important that students have completed these courses prior to the start of the semester. |
Course Overview
Students learn about manufacturing, supply chain and logistics systems consisting of globally distributed enterprises. The course covers industrial enterprises, production systems and the role of inventory, electronics manufacturing, forecasting systems, concurrent engineering and design for assembly. In addition, students learn about Supply Chain Management, Quality Function Deployment and Materials Requirements Planning/ERP systems. Students also learn about Lean Manufacturing, Value Stream Mapping and Six Sigma.
Course Text
"Factory Physics" by Wallace Hopp, Mark Spearman. Hardcover: 720 pages. Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 2nd edition (April 4, 2000) ISBN: 0256247951 .
Errata for second edition of text (including international edition) is HERE
Note 1: This is now available as 3rd Edition (October 2007),
ISBN-10: 0072824034 and ISBN-13: 978-0072824032. However we will try to
accommodate both 2nd and 3rd Editions to allow access to the cheaper 2nd
edition.
Note 2: The
3rd Edition has a (disgustingly high) retail price of $154 and may be
difficult to obtain used (See:
Rip-off 101 : How The Current Practices Of The Textbook Industry Drive Up The Cost Of College Textbooks).
The cheaper 2nd edition is available from
Amazon.com or
Half.com
or other places. There is also an international soft cover 2nd edition that
is available.
