IE 416

Course ID:

Course Code & Number

IE 416

Course Title

Product Planning and Management

Level

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits

(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 5 ECTS Credits

Year of Study:

Senior

Semester:

Spring

Type of Course:

Elective

Mode of Delivery:

Face-to-face

Language of Instruction:

English

Pre-requisite / Co-requisite::

Catalog Description

Major themes in product planning and management: product, product life cycle, product hierarchy, product line, product family, product portfolio. Complexity sources of the product planning and management. Tools and techniques used in product planning and management: technology and product roadmaps, requirement management, concept development and selection, house of quality, design failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), theory of inventive problem solving (TRIZ), management science and operational research tools.

Course Objectives

The main objective of this course is to introduce basic concepts about product planning and management, and to introduce product planning and management problems that can be handled by operational research methodologies and approaches.

Software Usage

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon succesful completion of this course, a student will be able to

1. Use a theoretical perspective in identification of product planning and management decision making problems in which operational reserach techniques and approaches can be used,
2. analyze differences between using contemporary versus traditional approaches in production management problems, such as the product mix problem, within the decision framework of product management,
3. discuss issues arising in the context of product planning and management from a  managerial perspective,

identify new problems about product planning and management from an operational research point of view.

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:

Telling/Explaining Discussion/Debate Questioning Reading Others

Assessment Methods and Criteria:

Quiz Presentation (Oral/Poster)

Assessment Methods and Criteria Others:

Design Content

Recommended Reading

Required Reading

Grading

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods Others:

Literature Survey

Course Coordinator:

Student Workload:

Workload	Hrs
Course Readings	17
Hands-on Work	16
Exams/Quizzes	32

Course & Program Learning Outcome Matching: