ISEN 315 Production and Inventory Control Systems

Instructor: Dr. Çetinkaya, sila@tamu.edu, ext. 55597                         

Outline: Objectives, Grading, Office hours, etc.

Announcements

·        Weekly TA hours for ISEN 315 are on Wednesdays, 10:30 – 12:00 in Zachry 303Q. Your TA is Girirengan Seshadri (giri@neo.tamu.edu, extension: 55402).

·        Announcement: All slides and handouts are posted on “Classes on Cannibal” (ISEN Server).

·        First help session will be held on Jan 31 at 5:30 in Zachry 301 (our usual classroom). The session is aimed at solving some of the problems on HW 1 and HW 2.

·        Help Session for Exam 1 is on FEB 18, MONDAY, ZEC 340A, 5:30 to 7:30.

Reading Assignments, Study Problems, and Homework

·        Reading assignment: pp. 1—30, due: Jan 22, Tuesday.

·        Reading assignment: pp. 36—46, due: Jan 24, Thursday.

·        Capacity Planning Homework: Problems 43, 44, 45, and 46 in Chapter 1 (all on p. 47), due: Jan 24, Thursday.

·        Reading assignment: pp. 51—83, due: Jan 31, Thursday.

·        Forecasting Homework: Problems 41, 42 (parts a, b, c), 43 (parts a, b, c), and 44 (parts a, b, c only) in Chapter 2 (on pp. 98—99), due: Jan 31, Thursday.

·        Reading assignment: Appendix 2-B on pp. 104—106, due: Feb 5, Tuesday.

·        Reading assignment: pp. 108—125, due: Feb 5, Tuesday.

·        Suggested study problems from Ch 3: Problems 9, 10, 11, and 12 on p. 123 (these are NOT homework problems, so you do not need to turn these in and there is no due date; but, you may find these useful while studying for the exam on Feb 19).

·        Reading Assignment: Supplement One, pp. 154—182.

·        Linear Programming Homework 1 (click to download), due: Feb 12, 2008.

·        Linear Programming Homework 2 (click to download), due: Feb 19, 2008.

·        Help Session for Exam 1 is on FEB 18, MONDAY, ZEC 340A, 5:30 to 7:30.

·        Reading Assignment: pp. 183—193, due: Feb 19, 2008.

·        Solutions to study problems in Ch 3 (click to download).

·        Reading Assignment: pp. 195—211, due: Mar 6, 2008.

·        Suggested study problems from Ch 4: Problems 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24 on pp. 201—211 (these are NOT homework problems, so you do not need to turn these in and there is no due date; but, you may find these useful while studying for the second exam on Mar 25) (click to download the solutions).

·        EOQ Model Homework: Problems 31, 35, and 36 on pp. 223—225, due: Mar 18, 2008.

·        Notes during Help Session on March 06, 2008 (click to download).

·        Solutions for EOQ Model Homework (click to download).

·        Reading Assignment: pp. 235—244, due: Mar 25, 2008.

·        Suggested study problems: p. 250, problem 12 (click to download the solution-see the last page).

·        Derivation of the expected profit function for the newsboy problem for continuous demand (click to download).

·        Help session for Test 2 will be in 340A on Monday, March 24, 5:30 to 6:45.

·        Reading Assignment: pp. 247—259, due: Apr 15, 2008.

·        Solutions for problems 19 and 20: (click to download).

·        Inventory Control Subject to Uncertain Demand Homework: Problems 15, 17, and 18 in Chapter 5 (all on p. 262), due: Apr 15, Tuesday, NEW!! (click to download the solutions) .

·        NEW!! Reading Assignment: pp. 346—360, due: Apr 24, 2008.

·        NEW!! Reading Assignment: pp. 294—298, due: Apr 24, 2008.

·        NEW!! Formula Sheet for Test 3.

Updated: April 22, 2008.