About the Book:

Production Planning & Control is a key industrial engineering function for the manufacturing company and to comprehend these techniques and topics, it is essential to have the basic knowledge of the production functions and its scope. This book is prepared in such manner that even those who do not have much exposure to the function of production planning would be able to comprehend them, as they are related to industrial engineering. 

As the Planning Manager at Rallifan, heading the PP&C department, the author had the opportunity to introduce several PP&C systems and formats and with that experience, he was responsible to introduce similar systems and formats at Tanzania's National Bicycle Company right from its project stage. This experience has fully been utilised in bringing out this book on the basics of Production Planning. With all the case studies this book is expected to be of immense help not only to the engineering students, but also to practicing engineers who want to develop their career on production management. 

Special importance given to the fundamentals of statistics, so that the reader is fully equipped to understand better the vital topic of forecasting, which has a high bearing in statistics. Besides, exclusive chapters are devoted on related topics like Plant Layout, Scientific Inventory Control, Critical Path Method, Theory of Constraints etc. A unique feature of this book is that two chapters are devoted to explain the fundamentals of Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things which are the latest buzz words reflecting advancement in Manufacturing Technology. This book is thus aptly titled Production Planning and Control:   A Comprehensive Approach. 

Another feature of this book is that besides the syllabi, the university questions from several Indian and foreign Universities are compiled, classified chapter-wise and given at the end of each chapter as criteria questions, indicating the relevant paragraph number as a clue. This is expected to make the book highly examination oriented to the student besides being practical oriented to the PPC engineer.

Contents:

Section I: Precepts

1.    Elements of Production Planning and Control 2.    Factory Planning 3.    Factors for Production 4.    Production system 5.    The Concept of Productivity 6.    Organization for Production Planning and Control 7.    Terminology used in Japanese Management Practices

Section II: Forecasting

8.   Fundamentals of Statistics Part – I 9.    Correlation and Probability Theory 10.  Forecasting 11. Trend Analysis in Forecasting 

Section III: Preplanning

12. Decision Theory 13. Types of Production Situations 14. Break-Even and Make or Buy Analyses 15. Cost of Production 16. Plant Location 17. Plant Layout 18. Systematic Layout Planning 19. Product and Process Development 

Section IV: Production Planning and Control

20. Capacity Planning 21. Aggregate Planning 22. Routing, Scheduling and Loading 23. Master Production Schedules 24. Sequencing and Line Balancing 25. Dispatching and Expediting 26. Just in Time & Kanban 27. Systems and Procedures

Section V: Concepts Related to PP&C

28. Theory of Constraints 29. Scientific Inventory Control 30. Material Requirement Planning (MRP) 31. Manufacturing Resource Planning - MRP-II 32. Critical Path Method 33. CIPMS- Computer Integrated Production Management System 34. Industry 4.0 35. Internet of Things

About the Author: 

Prof. D. R. Kiran, B.Sc., B.E., M.Sc. (Eng.), (Ph.D.), FIE(I), FIIIE, FIIProdE, FIIPlantE, FITTE, FISNT, has a rich practical experience of forty years both in industry and academy. Starting his career in 1968 with Larsen & Toubro, he held top positions like World Bank Adviser/Instructor for Transport Managers in Tanzania, Planning Manager of Rallifan (CF division) and the Principal of a Chennai based Engineering College. He has been in the doctors’ panel for a Ph.D. student in 2008.

In recognition of his services in the field of engineering education, he was presented with the coveted Bharat Excellence Award and Gold Medal for Excellence in Education in New Delhi in 2006. He is listed as an International Expert in Industrial Engineering and Management in the International Directory of Experts and Expertise. He is nominated for the post of Honorary Deputy Director General in India for International Biographical Center.

Earlier during the eighties, he was introduced to Dr. Julius Nyerere, the then President of Tanzania as a Pioneer of Work Study in that country. He was one among few nonpolitical foreigners to be interviewed by the government newspaper of Tanzania.

He started his academic career in 1979, and taught subjects like Production Planning and Control, Total Quality Management, Professional Ethics and Maintenance Engineering Management and at B.E. level.

He was responsible for the establishments of many student chapters for IIProdE and NIQR. His active participation in these activities and his experience as the Planning Manager of Rallifan and National Bicycle Company where he was the overall in charge of the PP&C department, provided him the inspiration for him in planning for a Comprehensive book on Production Planning and Control, providing several case studies on key topics out of his rich experience. This is expected to be of immense help to the students as well as the practicing engineers.

His career as an Industrial Engineer and as Planning Manager, heading the function of PP&C at Rallifan and National Bicycle Co. gave him an opportunity to introduce several systems and procedures in production management and the absence of a comprehensive Indian book with case studies motivated him to author this book on Production Planning and Control: A Comprehensive Approach, which is his fourth text book for engineering students.