Familiarize with and understand business and production management processes; Understand business-production systems; Comprehend the functioning of a company as a whole, as well as the interactions of business-production systems with their environment; Identify the main production management processes; Understand operational planning as the key process for effective production management; Recognize the importance of continuous improvement and enhancement of production operations.

Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Identify business and production processes and understand the fundamentals of management within a company; Differentiate between key management processes; Discuss the current state of management and propose improvements; Initiate the application of modern methods and concepts in production management; Solve identified production management problems; Participate in addressing optimization challenges within a manufacturing company.

Production systems in interaction with the business environment – business production systems; Company product portfolio – production program; Product development and research; Qualitative and quantitative aspects of production; Production planning; Organization of immediate preparation of the production process; Time management; Just-in-Time production and LEAN synchronization; Inventory management in production; Layout of production equipment; Implementation and regulation of production; Production launching; Workplace design – Job Design; Work safety climate as a significant segment of workplace ergonomics; Quality control in production; Costs characteristic of production processes.

Case study in the field of production management.

No special attendance requirements.

Textbook literature, selected papers from ScienceDirect and Web of Science; handouts and scripts; software applications such as QM for Windows, MATLAB, SPSS, etc.

Total assigned hours: 65

New material: 30
Elaboration and examples (recapitulation): 20

Auditory exercises: 0
Laboratory exercises: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 0
Consultations: 0
Discussion/workshop: 0
Research study work: 0

Review and grading of calculation tasks: 0
Review and grading of lab reports: 0
Review and grading of seminar papers: 5
Review and grading of the project: 0
Test: 5
Test: 0
Final exam: 5

Activity during lectures: 5
Test/test: 25
Laboratory practice: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 30
Project: 0
Final exam: 40
Requirement for taking the exam (required number of points): 30

I. Mihajlović, N. Milijić, A. Jovanović, Manufacturing Management, University of Belgrade – Technical Faculty in Bor, 2016; N. Slack, A. Brandon-Jones, R. Johnston, Operations Management, Seventh Edition, Pearson, 2013