Students have an overview of planning problems in operations and supply chain management. They know the basic concepts, models and methods for solving them and can apply the approaches discussed to simple supply chain planning problems, if necessary with the help of a spreadsheet tool.

• LO2: Students understand the basics of modeling and can identify planning problems along the supply chain and assign them to the various planning levels.
• LO3: Students are able to apply the discussed basic quantitative concepts, models and methods of production planning and logistics and supply chain planning to case study examples.
• LO4: Students understand simple linear programs and can solve them graphically and using Excel Solver.

• LO1: Students know the planning processes and the basic concepts, problems, solution approaches and methods of quantitative production planning and quantitative logistics and supply chain planning. This includes:
  • Modeling, planning levels, types of solution procedures
  • Simple time series-based forecasting methods
  • Product design (design for ...) and reliability
  • Capacity planning and decision making under uncertainty and risk
  • Layout design (layout types, line balancing)
  • Aggregate planning
  • Creating and solving a simpler linear program
  • Inventory management and batch size planning (MRP, ABC analysis, EOQ, silver meal heuristic, news vendor)
  • Scheduling (machine utilization, network planning technique)
  • Location and distribution planning, network design (center of gravity, Steiner-Weber, p-median problem, heuristic solution to the transport problem)