M.Tech.

in Industrial Engineering
Overall Credit Structure:
Core Courses : 12
Major Project (Core): 24 (12 +12)
Electives: 12
Total : 48

SEM Probability Operations Industrial Course Core=12+24

1 and Research Engineering from Elec=12
statistics Core Systems PLM Tot=48
Core 3-0-0 Core track
3-0-0 1-0-4 Elective
1 3-0-0
SEM Operations Elective 2 Elective Elective
2 Planning 3-0-0 3 4
and Control 3-0-0 3-0-0
Core
3-0-0
SEM MTP1 No. of core
3 Core courses = 4
(12 credits) No. of
elective
courses = 4
SEM MTP2
4 Core
(12 credits)
Electives with suggested Tracks

 Analytics and Optimization:

▪ Stochastic Modeling and Simulation
▪ Advanced Operations Research
▪ Optimization
▪ Manufacturing Informatics
▪ One or two electives from Dept of Math
 Product Life Cycle Management:
▪ Quality Systems
▪ Reliability Engineering
▪ Value Engineering and Life Cycle Costing
 Operations Management:
▪ Supply Chain Management
▪ Logistics
▪ Service System Design
▪ Project Management
▪ Enterpreneurship
▪ Maintenance management
▪ Electives from DMS
Special Topics in IE

Relevant electives from other specializations

▪ Automation
▪ CAM
▪ Machining
 COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department/Centre Mechanical Engg

proposing the course
2. Course Title IE SEMINAR
(< 45 characters)

3. L-T-P structure 0-0-2

4. Credits 1
5. Course number NA
6. Status Core
(category for program)

7. Pre-requisites None
(course no./title)

8. Status vis-à-vis other courses (give course number/title)

8.1 Overlap with any UG/PG course of the Dept./Centre NA
8.2 Overlap with any UG/PG course of other Dept./Centre NA
8.3 Supercedes any existing course* NA
9. Not allowed for UG students
(indicate program names)

10. Frequency of offering Every sem 1st sem 2nd sem Either sem
11. Faculty who will teach the course
Makarand Kulkarni, Nomesh B. Bolia, S. G. Deshmukh
12. Will the course require any visiting No
faculty?
13. Course objective (about 50 words):
The objective of the course is to train students in literature survey and presentation
skills as well as develop an appreciation of the importance of seminars for research
and development.
14. Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/design activities):
Depending on the student strength, the course coordinator will make a schedule for
guest talks, literature review on topics chosen by students, and corresponding
presentations by students.

15. Lecture Outline (with topics and number of lectures)

Module Topic No. of
no. hours

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘L’) 42

16. Brief description of tutorial activities

NA

17. Brief description of laboratory activities

Module Experiment description No. of
no. hours
1 Industry Expert Talks 6
2 Student Seminars 22

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘P’) 28

18. Suggested texts and reference materials

STYLE: Author name and initials, Title, Edition, Publisher, Year.
NA
19. Resources required for the course (itemized & student access requirements, if any)
19.1 Software
19.2 Hardware
19.3 Teaching aides (videos, etc.) Videos demonstrating key principles, INFORMS
subscription
19.4 Laboratory
19.5 Equipment
19.6 Classroom infrastructure LCD Projector
19.7 Site visits Guest Speakers at Industry Site or Othwerwise

20. Design content of the course (Percent of student time with examples, if possible)
20.1 Design-type problems
20.2 Open-ended problems
20.3 Project-type activity
20.4 Open-ended laboratory work
20.5 Others (please specify)

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)

 COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department/Centre Mechanical Engg

proposing the course
2. Course Title INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(< 45 characters)
SYSTEMS
3. L-T-P structure 1-0-4
4. Credits 3
5. Course number Lab course (MCP xxx)
6. Status Core
(category for program)

7. Pre-requisites None
(course no./title)

8. Status vis-à-vis other courses (give course number/title)

8.1 Overlap with any UG/PG course of the Dept./Centre NA
8.2 Overlap with any UG/PG course of other Dept./Centre NA
8.3 Supercedes any existing course* MEL751
9. Not allowed for UG students
(indicate program names)

10. Frequency of offering Every sem 1st sem 2nd sem Either sem
11. Faculty who will teach the course
M. S. Kulkarni, N. Bolia, S. G. Deshmukh
12. Will the course require any visiting No
faculty?
13. Course objective (about 50 words):
The objective of the course is to teach students how to formulate and solve some of
the common problems Industrial Engineering.
They will learn the theory behind a solution method in the class.
In the practical sessions, they will solve small size problems by hand and use
software for solving bigger problems.
14. Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/design activities):
Decision making under uncertainty (Pay-off tables, decision trees, utility theory etc.),
Probability based methods for outcome prediction (Logistic regression, Bayesian
belief networks, Monte Carlo simulation etc.), Multicriteria decision making (AHP,
ANP, Graph theory etc.), System Simulation (through games like the Beer game for
supply chain), Queuing theory games, Economic analysis (NPV, IRR etc. for
 deterministic and stochastic scenarios), Algorithms (branch and bound, Metaheuristics
etc.), Formulation of bigger optimization problems and solving using available solvers
(eg. CPLEX). Shop-floor scheduling.

15. Lecture Outline (with topics and number of lectures)

Module Topic No. of
no. hours
1 Decision making under uncertainty 2
2 Probability based methods for outcome prediction 2
3 Multicriteria decision making 2
4 System Simulation 2
5 Queuing theory games 2
6 Economic analysis 2
7 Shop-floor scheduling 2
8
9
10
11
12

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘L’) 14

16. Brief description of tutorial activities

NA

17. Brief description of laboratory activities

Module Experiment description No. of
no. hours
1 Decision making under uncertainty 8
2 Probability based methods for outcome prediction 8
3 Multicriteria decision making 8
4 System Simulation 8
5 Queuing theory games 8
6 Economic analysis 8
7 Shop-floor scheduling 8
 COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘P’) 56

18. Suggested texts and reference materials

STYLE: Author name and initials, Title, Edition, Publisher, Year.
Handouts and the necessary material will be made available

19. Resources required for the course (itemized & student access requirements, if any)
19.1 Software Matlab, R, CPLEX, Netica BBN, Arena, Expert Choice,
AnyLogic
19.2 Hardware PC, Laptop
19.3 Teaching aides (videos, etc.)
19.4 Laboratory
19.5 Equipment
19.6 Classroom infrastructure LCD Projector
19.7 Site visits

20. Design content of the course (Percent of student time with examples, if possible)
20.1 Design-type problems 100%
20.2 Open-ended problems
20.3 Project-type activity
20.4 Open-ended laboratory work
20.5 Others (please specify)

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)

 COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department/Centre Mechanical Engg

proposing the course
2. Course Title OPERATIONS PLANNING AND
(< 45 characters)
CONTROL
3. L-T-P structure 3-0-0
4. Credits 3
5. Course number NA
6. Status Core
(category for program)

7. Pre-requisites None
(course no./title)

8. Status vis-à-vis other courses (give course number/title)

8.1 Overlap with any UG/PG course of the Dept./Centre NA
8.2 Overlap with any UG/PG course of other Dept./Centre NA
8.3 Supercedes any existing course* MEL754
9. Not allowed for UG students
(indicate program names)

10. Frequency of offering Every sem 1st sem 2nd sem Either sem
11. Faculty who will teach the course
Makarand Kulkarni, Nomesh B. Bolia, S. G. Deshmukh
12. Will the course require any visiting No
faculty?
13. Course objective (about 50 words):
The objective of the course is to expose students to the methods used by the industry
to plan and control their operations. The course will also enable students to model the
processes using fundamentals, and improve their performance.
14. Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/design activities):
Evolution of Scientific Management and Buzzwords, Inventory Management and
Control, MRP and ERP, JIT, Modeling of Processes and Systems, Measuring and
Improving Performance, Scheduling, Aggregate Production Planning, Facility Location
15. Lecture Outline (with topics and number of lectures)
Module Topic No. of
no. hours
1 Introduction and Motivation 3
2 Inventory Management and Control 8
3 MRP-ERP 4
4 JIT 4
5 Modeling of processes 3
6 Measuring and Improving Performance 4
7 Scheduling 9
8 Aggregate Production Planning 3
9 Facility Location 4

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘L’) 42

16. Brief description of tutorial activities

NA

17. Brief description of laboratory activities

Module Experiment description No. of
no. hours

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘P’)

18. Suggested texts and reference materials
STYLE: Author name and initials, Title, Edition, Publisher, Year.
Factory Physics, W. Hopp and M. Spearman, McGraw-Hill, 2nd Edition

Supply Chain Management, S. Chopra and P. Meindl, Prentice Hall, 5th Edition

Interfaces - A Journal of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science
(INFORMS), subscribed by IIT Delhi, available on IITD library website.

19. Resources required for the course (itemized & student access requirements, if any)
19.1 Software CPLEX, Anylogic
19.2 Hardware
19.3 Teaching aides (videos, etc.) Videos demonstrating key principles, INFORMS
subscription
19.4 Laboratory
19.5 Equipment
19.6 Classroom infrastructure LCD Projector
19.7 Site visits Industry Visits to Appreciate Problems

20. Design content of the course (Percent of student time with examples, if possible)
20.1 Design-type problems
20.2 Open-ended problems
20.3 Project-type activity
20.4 Open-ended laboratory work
20.5 Others (please specify)

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)

 COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department/Centre Mechanical Engg

proposing the course
2. Course Title OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(< 45 characters)

3. L-T-P structure 3-0-0

4. Credits 3
5. Course number NA
6. Status Core
(category for program)

7. Pre-requisites None
(course no./title)

8. Status vis-à-vis other courses (give course number/title)

8.1 Overlap with any UG/PG course of the Dept./Centre NA
8.2 Overlap with any UG/PG course of other Dept./Centre NA
8.3 Supercedes any existing course* MEL765
9. Not allowed for UG students
(indicate program names)

10. Frequency of offering Every sem 1st sem 2nd sem Either sem
11. Faculty who will teach the course
Nomesh B. Bolia, Kiran Seth
12. Will the course require any visiting No
faculty?
13. Course objective (about 50 words):
To introduce students to the science of modeling and tools of Operations Research.
The course will enable the students to model real life situations in various domains,
and use mathematical tools to optimize decision making. Through a variety of case
studies, students will appreciate the power of simple and often tractable tools of
Operations Research.
14. Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/design activities):
The art and science of modeling, Linear Programming, Solution methods including
Simplex, Sensitivity Analysis, Shadow Pricing and Duality Theory, Integer
Programming and Solution methods, Dynamic Programming with applications, Large
Canonical problems such as Transportation Problem, Traveling Salesman Problem,
Network Flow Problem, Case Studies.
15. Lecture Outline (with topics and number of lectures)
Module Topic No. of
no. hours
1 Introduction and Motivation 2
2 Linear Programming: Formulation with applications 3
3 Solving Linear Programs (Simplex, Revised Simplex), Sensitivity 6
Analysis
4 Duality Theory 6
5 Integer Programming: Formulation 3
6 Solving Integer Programs 2
7 Dynamic Programming Theory and Applications 5
8 Large Canonical Problems: Transportation Problem, Traveling 9
Salesman Problem, Network Flow Problem
9 Industry Scale Applications and Case Studies 6

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘L’) 42

16. Brief description of tutorial activities

NA

17. Brief description of laboratory activities

Module Experiment description No. of
no. hours

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘P’)

18. Suggested texts and reference materials
STYLE: Author name and initials, Title, Edition, Publisher, Year.
Hillier, F. S. and Lieberman, G.J. Introduction to Operations Research. McGraw-Hill. 7th
Edition. 2001.

Taha, H. Operations Research: An Introduction. Pearson Education. 8th Edition. 2007.

Wolsey, L.A. and Nemhauser, G. L. Integer and Combinatorial Optimization. John Wiley &
Sons. 1999.

Interfaces - A Journal of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science
(INFORMS), subscribed by IIT Delhi, available on IITD library website.

19. Resources required for the course (itemized & student access requirements, if any)
19.1 Software CPLEX, MS Excel
19.2 Hardware
19.3 Teaching aides (videos, etc.) Videos demonstrating key principles, INFORMS
subscription
19.4 Laboratory
19.5 Equipment
19.6 Classroom infrastructure LCD Projector
19.7 Site visits Industry Visits to identify and solve problems

20. Design content of the course (Percent of student time with examples, if possible)
20.1 Design-type problems
20.2 Open-ended problems
20.3 Project-type activity
20.4 Open-ended laboratory work
20.5 Others (please specify)

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)

 COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department/Centre Mechanical Engg

proposing the course
2. Course Title PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
(< 45 characters)

3. L-T-P structure 3-0-0

4. Credits 3
5. Course number NA
6. Status Core
(category for program)

7. Pre-requisites None
(course no./title)

8. Status vis-à-vis other courses (give course number/title)

8.1 Overlap with any UG/PG course of the Dept./Centre NA
8.2 Overlap with any UG/PG course of other Dept./Centre NA
8.3 Supercedes any existing course* MEL761
9. Not allowed for UG students
(indicate program names)

10. Frequency of offering Every sem 1st sem 2nd sem Either sem
11. Faculty who will teach the course
Nomesh B. Bolia, Makarand S Kulkarni
12. Will the course require any visiting No
faculty?
13. Course objective (about 50 words):
This course aims to develop a strong base of fundamentals of probability and statistics in
students. The concepts and tools learned here are a critical input to all courses and projects of
the programme.

14. Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/design activities):

Probability Laws, Random Variables, Conditional Probability and Bayes Theorem,
Important Random Variables and their properties, Joint Probability Distributions, Law
of Total Probability, Law of Large Numbers, Central Limit Theorem, Estimation
Theory, Parameter Estimation, Hypothesis Testing using Parametric and Non-
Parametric Methods, Goodness of fit tests, ANOVA, Linear Regression (Simple,
Generalized) and Logistics Regression.
15. Lecture Outline (with topics and number of lectures)
Module Topic No. of
no. hours
1 Probability and Random Variables 2
2 Conditional Probability 2
3 Important Random Variables and their properties 4
4 Joint Probability Distributions 3
5 Law of Total Probability, Law of Large numbers, Central Limit 3
Theorem
6 Estimation Theory and Parameter Estimation 4
7 Hypothesis Testing (Parametric, Non Parametric) 3
8 Goodness of Fit Tests 2
9 Design of Experiments 5
10 ANOVA 5
11 Linear Regression 4
12 Logistics Regression 5

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘L’) 42

16. Brief description of tutorial activities

NA

17. Brief description of laboratory activities

Module Experiment description No. of
no. hours

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘P’)

18. Suggested texts and reference materials
STYLE: Author name and initials, Title, Edition, Publisher, Year.
Introduction to Probability Models, Sheldon Ross, Academic Press Inc, 10th Edition

Statistical Inference, G. Casella, R. Berger, Cengage Learning, 2nd Edition

NIST statistics handbook

19. Resources required for the course (itemized & student access requirements, if any)
19.1 Software
19.2 Hardware
19.3 Teaching aides (videos, etc.) Videos demonstrating key principles
19.4 Laboratory
19.5 Equipment
19.6 Classroom infrastructure LCD Projector
19.7 Site visits

20. Design content of the course (Percent of student time with examples, if possible)
20.1 Design-type problems
20.2 Open-ended problems
20.3 Project-type activity
20.4 Open-ended laboratory work
20.5 Others (please specify)

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)

 COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department/Centre Mechanical Engg

proposing the course
2. Course Title INTRODUCTION TO STOCHASTIC
(< 45 characters)
MODELING AND SIMULATION
3. L-T-P structure 3-0-0
4. Credits 3
5. Course number NA
6. Status Elective
(category for program)

7. Pre-requisites PG course on Probability and Statistics

(course no./title)

8. Status vis-à-vis other courses (give course number/title)

8.1 Overlap with any UG/PG course of the Dept./Centre NA
8.2 Overlap with any UG/PG course of other Dept./Centre NA
8.3 Supercedes any existing course* MEL770
9. Not allowed for Not allowed for any UG Students
(indicate program names)

10. Frequency of offering Every sem 1st sem 2nd sem Either sem
11. Faculty who will teach the course
Nomesh B. Bolia, Kiran Seth
12. Will the course require any visiting faculty? No
13. Course objective (about 50 words):
Many practical situations can be modeled (and consequently) as standard and derived
stochastic models. The resulting problems can then be solved either analytically or using
simulation if the problem is too complex. The objective of the course thus is to expose
students to: 1) creating models for practical problems 2) tools to analyze these models 3)
applications of modeling and these tools to real life problems and prepare them for more
advanced topics such as Renewal theory and optimal control
14. Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/design activities):
Introduction to Discrete Time Markov Chains ‐ definition and characterization, Transient
Distributions, Limiting Behavior, Cost models, First passage times, Applications/Case
studies; Poisson Processes,
Continuous Time Markov Chains ‐ introduction, Transient and limiting behavior, Cost
models, Applications/Case studies; Simulation ‐ basics, discrete event simulation, Monte
 Carlo Simulation

15. Lecture Outline (with topics and number of lectures)

Modul Topic No. of
e no. hours
1 Quick Review of Probability, Random Variables, Stochastic Processes 2
2 Discrete Time Markov Chains (DTMC) – Introduction, Characterization 2
3 DTMC-transient distributions, limiting behavior 5
4 DTMC-cost models, first passage times 4
5 DTMC-applications, case studies 1
6 Exponential Random Variable, Poisson Processes 2
7 Continuous Time Markov Chains (CTMC) – intro, characterization 3
8 DTMC-transient distributions, limiting behavior 5
9 DTMC-cost models, applications/case studies 4
10 Discrete Event Simulation, Monte Carlo Simulation 4
11 Variance Reduction Techniques 5
12 Applications to queuing, finance etc 5
COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘L’) 42

16. Brief description of tutorial activities

17. Brief description of laboratory activities

Module Experiment description No. of
no. hours

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘P’)

18. Suggested texts and reference materials
STYLE: Author name and initials, Title, Edition, Publisher, Year.
Kulkarni, V.G., Modeling and Analysis of Stochastic Systems (PG level textbook),
Second Edition, CRC Press, 2010.

Fishman, G. S., Monte Carlo: Concepts, Algorithms and Applications, Springer-

Verlag, 1996

Fishman G. S., Discrete Event Simulation: Modeling, Programming and Analysis.

Springer-Verlag, 2001

19. Resources required for the course (itemized & student access requirements, if any)
19.1 Software Anylogic
19.2 Hardware
19.3 Teaching aides (videos, etc.) Introductory videos to motivate applications
19.4 Laboratory
19.5 Equipment
19.6 Classroom infrastructure LCD projector and sound
19.7 Site visits

20. Design content of the course (Percent of student time with examples, if possible)
20.1 Design-type problems
20.2 Open-ended problems
20.3 Project-type activity
20.4 Open-ended laboratory work
20.5 Others (please specify)

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)

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COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department/Centre Mechanical Engineering

proposing the course
2. Course Title LOGISTICS
(< 45 characters)

3. L-T-P structure 3-0-0

4. Credits 3.0
5. Course number
6. Status Elective
(category for program)

7. Pre-requisites
(course no./title)

8. Status vis-à-vis other courses (give course number/title)

8.1 Overlap with any UG/PG course of the Dept./Centre NO
8.2 Overlap with any UG/PG course of other Dept./Centre
8.3 Supercedes any existing course

9. Not allowed for UG Students

(indicate program names)

10. Frequency of offering Every sem 1st sem 2nd sem Either sem
11. Faculty who will teach the course
S. G. Deshmukh
12. Will the course require any visiting may be
faculty?
13. Course objective (about 50 words):
1 To gain a working understanding of logistics principles and to expose
students to the vocabulry & terminology of logistics
2. To introduce students to the key activities performed by the logistics function
including distribution, transportation, global logistics and inventory control
3. To view logistics as a strategic function that creates value and competitive
advantage
4. To refine applied data analysis skills by analyzing and using supply chain
data to make business decisions
5. To understand current challenges facing logistics
14. Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/design activities):
Logistics Management is the part of supply chain management that plans,
implements, and controls the efficient, effective forward and reverse flow and
storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin
 Page 2

and the point of consumption in order to meet customers’ requirements.

This course provides a practical, management perspective of the following
areas of logistics: distribution, transportation, international logistics, inventory
control, sustainable logistics practices, key performance indicators, supply
chain finance, leadership in a supply chain role, and an introduction to
logistics technology including RFID and ERP systems.
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15. Lecture Outline (with topics and number of lectures)

Module Topic No. of
no. hours
1 Evolution of Logistics and its role in SCM vis-à-vis in an organization, 3
Logistics and other business functions, Integrated vs frgamented
logistics,
2 Financial impact of logistics decisions, various fianncial measures for 3
logistics ,Balance sheet and logistics performance, case studies
3 Logistics as a strategic aligned function rather than a mere operational 4
ligned , Strategic decisions in logistics - imperatives and implications,
forecasting and its implications for strategy, examples of strategic
decisions
4 Inventory and Logistics trade off Push and Pull supply chians and 4
consequent logistics decisions ,typical inventory models
5 Role of customer value and design of a logistics network flows, 3
location etc. , case studies in practice
6 Transportation modes, alternatives and deciion making , impact on 4
outbound logistics and their evaluation , case studies
7 Information systems and logitics intreface, tradeoff bettween 3
information and transportation issues, , case studies
8 IT based solutions-GPS, RFID and web enabled logistics 4
9 Legal and regualtory issues in Logistics, Role of Freght Forwarders, 3
Role of aggregators etc and integration of other functions
10 Sustainble logistics and logistics issues, logistics design for reverse 3
flow, role of reverse logistics, green measures
11 Performance measurement and evalution of logistics function-various 4
measures both Quntitative vs qualitative measures
12 Implementation ssues in logistics-Global trend, Human issues, Role of 4
Technology. Informal or unorganised logistics, case stuudies
COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘L’) 42

16. Brief description of tutorial activities

NA

17. Brief description of laboratory activities

Module Experiment description No. of
no. hours
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘P’)

18. Suggested texts and reference materials

STYLE: Author name and initials, Title, Edition, Publisher, Year.
 Page 4

1 Chrostopher Martn. Logistics and Supply Chain management, Fincial times Book Series,
2011
2. Coyle J J , Bardi E J , Manageent of Business Logistics : A Supply Chain Perspective,
South-western College Publi., 2002

19. Resources required for the course (itemized & student access requirements, if any)
19.1 Software

19.2 Hardware
19.3 Teaching aides (videos, etc.) videos on contemporary logistics
19.4 Laboratory
19.5 Equipment
19.6 Classroom infrastructure general class room with LCD projection
19.7 Site visits

20. Design content of the course (Percent of student time with examples, if possible)
20.1 Design-type problems
20.2 Open-ended problems 10%
20.3 Project-type activity 30%
20.4 Open-ended laboratory work
20.5 Others (please specify)

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)

 COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department/Centre Mechanical Engg

proposing the course
2. Course Title MAINTENANCE PLANNING
(< 45 characters)

3. L-T-P structure 3-0-0

4. Credits 3
5. Course number NA
6. Status Elective
(category for program)

7. Pre-requisites None
(course no./title)

8. Status vis-à-vis other courses (give course number/title)

8.1 Overlap with any UG/PG course of the Dept./Centre NA
8.2 Overlap with any UG/PG course of other Dept./Centre SML844(10%), ITL709(30%)
8.3 Supercedes any existing course* MEL866
9. Not allowed for UG students
(indicate program names)

10. Frequency of offering Every sem 1st sem 2nd sem Either sem
11. Faculty who will teach the course
M. S. Kulkarni, N. Bolia
12. Will the course require any visiting No
faculty?
13. Course objective (about 50 words):
The objective of the course is to teach concepts required for modeling of maintenance
scenarios and optimization of maintenance plans.
14. Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/design activities):
Introduction to maintenance management, Reliability basics, Asset criticality Analysis,
Reliability centered maintenance, Basic maintenance models for age and time based
replacement, block and group replacement, inspection and shock based replacement,
imperfect maintenance models, Maintainability models, Availability models, Life cycle
cost models, Simulation based approach for maintenance planning, Queuing models
for maintenance planning, Models for condition monitoring, Models for Maintenance
scheduling, Maintenance performance measurement, Asset management practices,
Case studies.
15. Lecture Outline (with topics and number of lectures)
Module Topic No. of
no. hours
1 Introduction to maintenance management 1
2 Reliability basics 5
3 Asset criticality analysis 2
4 Reliability centered maintenance 3
5 Basic maintenance models 10
6 Simulation based approach for maintenance planning 5
7 Queuing models for maintenance planning 5
8 Models for condition monitoring 3
9 Models for Maintenance scheduling 4
10 Maintenance performance measurement 1
11 Asset management practices 3

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘L’) 42

16. Brief description of tutorial activities

NA

17. Brief description of laboratory activities

Module Experiment description No. of
no. hours

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘P’)

18. Suggested texts and reference materials
STYLE: Author name and initials, Title, Edition, Publisher, Year.
Patrick O'Connor, A. Kleyner, Practical Reliability Engineering, Wiley India,5th Ed., 2012.
C. E. Ebeling, Reliability and maintainability engineering, Tata McGraw Hill, 2nd Ed., 2009.
I. Gertsbakh, Reliability Theory: With applications to preventive maintenance, Springer,
2005.
A. K.S. Jardine, A. H.C. Tsang, Maintenance, Replacement, and Reliability: Theory and
Applications, CRC Press, 1st Ed., 2005.
A. C. Marquez, The Maintenance Management Framework: Models and Methods for
Complex Systems Maintenance, Springer Verlag, 1st Ed., 2007.

19. Resources required for the course (itemized & student access requirements, if any)
19.1 Software Matlab, R, Reliasoft
19.2 Hardware PC, Laptop
19.3 Teaching aides (videos, etc.)
19.4 Laboratory
19.5 Equipment
19.6 Classroom infrastructure LCD Projector
19.7 Site visits

20. Design content of the course (Percent of student time with examples, if possible)
20.1 Design-type problems 100%
20.2 Open-ended problems
20.3 Project-type activity
20.4 Open-ended laboratory work
20.5 Others (please specify)

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)

 Page 1

COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department/Centre Mechanical Engineering

proposing the course
2. Course Title MANUFACTURING INFORMATICS
(< 45 characters)

3. L-T-P structure 3-1-0

4. Credits 4
5. Course number
6. Status Elective for PG but open to UG as a DE
(category for program)

7. Pre-requisites Pre-requisite for UG: manufacturing system

(course no./title) design

8. Status vis-à-vis other courses (give course number/title)

8.1 Overlap with any UG/PG course of the Dept./Centre None
8.2 Overlap with any UG/PG course of other Dept./Centre None
8.3 Supercedes any existing course

9. Not allowed for

(indicate program names)

10. Frequency of offering Every sem 1st sem 2nd sem Either sem
11. Faculty who will teach the course
M S Kulkarni, S G Deshmukh
12. Will the course require any visiting No
faculty?
13. Course objective (about 50 words):
The objective of this course is to introduce students to Manufacturing Analytics
as an approach to deal with the challenge of optimal decision making in
manufacturing organizations.
14. Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/design activities):
Introduction to manufacturing analytics (manufacturing analytics concepts,
contemporary issues in high-value manufacturing, and opportunities provided
by analytics and big data technologies), data types and applications (point of
sale data, service touch point data, service centre data, warranty data,
machine condition data, machine failure history, machine utilisation data, work
in process data and online quality control data), optimisation of manufacturing
processes (optimisation concepts, evolutionary computing, multi-objective
optimisation, and applications of optimisation for sequential and assembly
processes), and latest advancements in manufacturing analytics (virtual reality,
augmented reality, and motion capture gaming technologies for
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manufacturing).
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15. Lecture Outline (with topics and number of lectures)

Module Topic No. of
no. hours
1 Manufacturing analytics concepts 2
2 Contemporary issues in high-value manufacturing 2
3 Opportunities provided by analytics and big data technologies 2
4 Point of sale data, service touch point data, service centre data and 4
warranty data
5 Machine condition data, machine failure history and machine utilisation 4
data
6 Work in process data and online quality control data 4
7 Optimisation concepts, evolutionary optimization, multi-objective 12
optimization
8 Applications of optimisation for sequential and assembly processes 6
9 Virtual reality for manufacturing 2
10 Augmented reality for manufacturing 2
11 Motion capture gaming technologies for manufacturing 2
12
COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘L’) 42

16. Brief description of tutorial activities

NA

17. Brief description of laboratory activities

Module Experiment description No. of
no. hours
1 Case studies on data types and applications 7
2 Hands-on optimisation exercises 7
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘P’) 14

18. Suggested texts and reference materials

STYLE: Author name and initials, Title, Edition, Publisher, Year.
Deb, K. (2001). Multi-objective optimization using evolutionary algorithms, Wiley, London.

Tiwari, M.K. and Harding, J.A. (2011). Evolutionary computing in advanced

manufacturing, Wiley, London, UK.

Handbook of Manufacturing Control by H. Lodding, Springer 2013.

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19. Resources required for the course (itemized & student access requirements, if any)
19.1 Software
19.2 Hardware
19.3 Teaching aides (videos, etc.)
19.4 Laboratory
19.5 Equipment
19.6 Classroom infrastructure LCD
19.7 Site visits

20. Design content of the course (Percent of student time with examples, if possible)
20.1 Design-type problems
20.2 Open-ended problems
20.3 Project-type activity 30%
20.4 Open-ended laboratory work
20.5 Others (please specify)

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)

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COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department/Centre Mechanical Engineering

proposing the course
2. Course Title PROJECT MANAGEMENT
(< 45 characters)

3. L-T-P structure 3-0-0

4. Credits 3
5. Course number NA
6. Status Elective for PG and open to UG as DE
(category for program)

7. Pre-requisites
(course no./title)

8. Status vis-à-vis other courses (give course number/title)

8.1 Overlap with any UG/PG course of the Dept./Centre 30% with SML 845
8.2 Overlap with any UG/PG course of other Dept./Centre 10% with ESL 795
8.3 Supercedes any existing course None
9. Not allowed for
(indicate program names)

10. Frequency of offering Every sem 1st sem 2nd sem Either sem
11. Faculty who will teach the course
M. S. Kulkarni, Prof. S. G. Deshmukh
12. Will the course require any visiting May be
faculty?
13. Course objective (about 50 words):
The obective of this course is to provide an introduction to Project
management by focusing on the major decisions in the life cycle of a project. It
would focus on the stages of Project conception, project appraisal, project
planning using network models, implementation and completion.It would
emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of projects and the importance of
leadership and teamwork.
14. Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/design activities):
The nature of projects, the project as a non-repetitive unit production system,
the project as an agent of change. Project Identification considering objectives
and SWOT analysis, Screening of Project Ideas, Technical, Market,
Financial,Socio-economic and Ecological Appraisal of a project. Wpork break
down
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structure and network development. Basic Scheduling, Critical Path and four
kinds of floats. , Scheduling under probabilistic durations, Time Cost tradeoffs,
Project Monitoring with PERT/Cost, Organizational aspects, Computer
packages and Project Completion.
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15. Lecture Outline (with topics and number of lectures)

Module Topic No. of
no. hours
1 Features of projects, Projects as agents of change, Project Life Cycle 2
2 Project Identification,.Screening of Project Ideas 3
3 Project Appraisal- Technical, Market, Financial, Socio-economic & 4
Ecological
4 Multi-criteria evaluation of project Proposals. 3
5 Work breakdown structure and Network Development. 3
A-O-A and A-O-N networks, role of dummies.
6 Basic Deterministic Scheduling with CPM. 4
Probabilistic Scheduling with PERT.
Analysis of PERT errors. Use of PNET and CCP.
7 Project Simulation for estimation of mean, variance and criticality 4
indices. Precision and confidence levels in simulation.
8 Project Crashing- heuristic and exact procedures. 4
9 Resource aggregation, leveling and allocation in projects. 4
10 Project monitoring & Control with PERT/Cost. 2
11 Precedence Diagramming, Decision CPP and stochastic networks 2
(GERT)
12 Organizational and behavioural issues in Projects 4
13. Computer packages and IT for effective project coordination 3
COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘L’)
42

16. Brief description of tutorial activities

NA

17. Brief description of laboratory activities

Module Experiment description No. of
no. hours
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘P’)

18. Suggested texts and reference materials

STYLE: Author name and initials, Title, Edition, Publisher, Year.
Jack R. Meredith (Author), Samuel J. Mantel Jr., Project Management: A Managerial
Approach, Wiley; 8 edition, 2011.
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: PMBOK(R) Guide, Project
Management Institute, 5 edition, 2013.
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Harold R. Kerzner, Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and

Controlling, Wiley; 11 edition, 2013.
Chandra, P, Projects: Preparation, Appraisal Budgeting and Implementation (5th
Ed) Tata McGraw Hill, N.Delhi, 2002.
Nicholas, John M., Herman Steyn, Project Management for Business and Technology:
Principles and Practice, Routledge; 4 edition, 2012.

19. Resources required for the course (itemized & student access requirements, if any)
19.1 Software
19.2 Hardware
19.3 Teaching aides (videos, etc.)
19.4 Laboratory
19.5 Equipment
19.6 Classroom infrastructure
19.7 Site visits

20. Design content of the course (Percent of student time with examples, if possible)
20.1 Design-type problems
20.2 Open-ended problems
20.3 Project-type activity 10%
20.4 Open-ended laboratory work
20.5 Others (please specify)

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)

 COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department/Centre Mechanical Engg

proposing the course
2. Course Title QUALITY SYSTEMS
(< 45 characters)

3. L-T-P structure 3-0-0

4. Credits 3
5. Course number NA
6. Status Elective
(category for program)

7. Pre-requisites None
(course no./title)

8. Status vis-à-vis other courses (give course number/title)

8.1 Overlap with any UG/PG course of the Dept./Centre NA
8.2 Overlap with any UG/PG course of other Dept./Centre SML715 (10%), SML816
(30%)
8.3 Supercedes any existing course* MEL752, MEL876,
MEL768
9. Not allowed for UG students
(indicate program names)

10. Frequency of offering Every sem 1st sem 2nd sem Either sem
11. Faculty who will teach the course
M. S. Kulkarni, Prof. S. G. Deshmukh
12. Will the course require any visiting No
faculty?
13. Course objective (about 50 words):
The objective of the course is teach students the concepts required for designing and
implementing a quality system in a manufacturing or a service organization.
14. Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/design activities):
Introduction to quality systems through approaches proposed by Juran, Deming,
Baldridge, Taguchi, Crossby etc., Quality costs, Requirements analysis using
methods like Kano’s analysis, Requirement mapping using QFD, Product and process
analysis using Design and Process FMEA, Robust design and process improvement
using online and offline methods for design and analysis of experiments, Shainin’s
tools for variability reduction, Process capability analysis and loss functions, Statistical
tolerancing, Design of control charts and acceptance sampling plans, Quality
 standards like IS0 9000, ISO 14000, CMMI etc.; Service quality models and Service
blueprints and Service FMEA, Case studies.

15. Lecture Outline (with topics and number of lectures)

Module Topic No. of
no. hours
1 Introduction to quality systems 2
2 Quality costs 1
3 Requirements analysis 1
4 Requirement mapping using QFD 2
5 Product and process evaluation using Design and Process FMEA 2
6 Robust design and process improvement using design and analysis of 8
experiments
7 Shainin’s tools for variability reduction 3
8 Process capability analysis and loss functions 3
9 Statistical tolerancing 1
10 Design of control charts 6
11 Design of acceptance sampling plans 5
12 Quality standards 4
13 Service quality models, Service blueprints, Service FMEA 4

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘L’) 42

16. Brief description of tutorial activities

NA

17. Brief description of laboratory activities

Module Experiment description No. of
no. hours

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘P’) 28

18. Suggested texts and reference materials
STYLE: Author name and initials, Title, Edition, Publisher, Year.

A. Mitra, Fundamentals of Quality Control and Improvement, 3rd Edition, Wiley India, 2013
The Certified Quality Engineer Handbook, 3rd Edition, ASQ, 2010
D. C. Montgomery, DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS, 8TH ED, Wiley India,
2013.
K. Bhote, World Class Quality: Using Design of Experiments to Make It Happen, AMACOM;
2nd Ed, 2000.
S. S. Steiner, R. J. Mackay, Statistical Engineering: An Algorithm for Reducing Variation in
Manufacturing Processes, ASQ, 2005.
E.L.Grant & R.S. Leavenworth, Statistical Quality Control, McGraw Hill, NY, 2012.
J.M. Juran and F.M. Gryna, Quality Planning and Analysis, Tata McGraw Hill.
D. C. Montgomery Introduction to SQC, , John Wiley & Sons, 2002
CMMI-SVC, Version 1.3 manual, SEI-CMU, 2010.

19. Resources required for the course (itemized & student access requirements, if any)
19.1 Software Matlab, R
19.2 Hardware PC, Laptop
19.3 Teaching aides (videos, etc.)
19.4 Laboratory
19.5 Equipment
19.6 Classroom infrastructure LCD Projector
19.7 Site visits

20. Design content of the course (Percent of student time with examples, if possible)
20.1 Design-type problems 20%
20.2 Open-ended problems
20.3 Project-type activity
20.4 Open-ended laboratory work
20.5 Others (please specify)

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)

 COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department/Centre Mechanical Engg

proposing the course
2. Course Title RELIABILITY ENGINEERING
(< 45 characters)

3. L-T-P structure 3-0-0

4. Credits 3
5. Course number NA
6. Status Elective
(category for program)

7. Pre-requisites None
(course no./title)

8. Status vis-à-vis other courses (give course number/title)

8.1 Overlap with any UG/PG course of the Dept./Centre NA
8.2 Overlap with any UG/PG course of other Dept./Centre AML730(10%),
AML871(10%), SML844
(10%)
8.3 Supercedes any existing course* NA
9. Not allowed for UG students
(indicate program names)

10. Frequency of offering Every sem 1st sem 2nd sem Either sem
11. Faculty who will teach the course
M. S. Kulkarni, N. Bolia
12. Will the course require any visiting No
faculty?
13. Course objective (about 50 words):
The objective of the course is teach students the concepts required for designing
reliable systems, reliability test plan design, failure data analysis and reliability
prediction.
14. Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/design activities):
Time to failure distributions; Parameter estimation for non-repairable systems;
Reliability models for series, parallel and mixed configurations; Reliability models for
active/passive redundancy, load sharing systems, mixed population, competing failure
modes; Stress-Strength models; Conditional reliability models and residual life
calculation; Reliability models for multiple operational phases; Shock based reliability
models; Reliability models for non-repairable systems; Parameter estimation for
 repairable systems, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis; Failure
simulation; Warranty cost analysis; Reliability allocation; Reliability of production
systems; Test plan design for non-accelerated life tests; Accelerated life testing
models; Burn-in test plans.

15. Lecture Outline (with topics and number of lectures)

Module Topic No. of
no. hours
1 Introduction to reliability engineering 1
2 Non parametric methods for reliability estimation 1
3 Time to failure distributions 2
4 Parameter estimation for non-repairable systems 3
5 Reliability and hazard rate models for single and mixed population, 2
competing failure modes
6 Reliability models for series, parallel, mixed configurations, ‘k-out-of- 3
n’ configuration, passive redundancy, load sharing systems
7 Stress-Strength models, Shock based reliability models, Conditional 4
reliability models and residual life calculation, Reliability models for
multiple operational phases
8 Reliability models for non-repairable systems based on homogeneous 3
and non-homogeneous Poisson process and generalized renewal
process.
9 Parameter estimation for repairable systems 4
10 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis 3
11 Failure simulation 3
12 Warranty cost analysis 3
13 Reliability allocation methods 2
14 Reliability of production systems 2
15 Test plan design for non-accelerated life tests; Accelerated life testing 5
models; Burn-in test plans

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘L’) 42

16. Brief description of tutorial activities
NA

17. Brief description of laboratory activities

Module Experiment description No. of
no. hours

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘P’) 28

18. Suggested texts and reference materials

STYLE: Author name and initials, Title, Edition, Publisher, Year.
Patrick O'Connor, A. Kleyner, Practical Reliability Engineering, Wiley India,5th Ed., 2012
C. E. Ebeling, Reliability and maintainability engineering, Tata McGraw Hill, 2nd Ed., 2009

19. Resources required for the course (itemized & student access requirements, if any)
19.1 Software Matlab, R
19.2 Hardware PC, Laptop
19.3 Teaching aides (videos, etc.)
19.4 Laboratory
19.5 Equipment
19.6 Classroom infrastructure LCD Projector
19.7 Site visits

20. Design content of the course (Percent of student time with examples, if possible)
20.1 Design-type problems 20%
20.2 Open-ended problems
20.3 Project-type activity
20.4 Open-ended laboratory work
20.5 Others (please specify)
Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)
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COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department/Centre Mechanical Engineering

proposing the course
2. Course Title SERVICE SYSTEM DESIGN
(< 45 characters)

3. L-T-P structure 2-0-2

4. Credits 3.0
5. Course number NA
6. Status PG Elective open to UG as DE
(category for program)

7. Pre-requisites
(course no./title)

8. Status vis-à-vis other courses (give course number/title)

8.1 Overlap with any UG/PG course of the Dept./Centre None
8.2 Overlap with any UG/PG course of other Dept./Centre None
8.3 Supercedes any existing course None
9. Not allowed for students other than those from Mech Engg,
(indicate program names) IDDC and ITMMEC

10. Frequency of offering Every sem 1st sem 2nd sem Either sem
11. Faculty who will teach the course
M S Kulkarni, P V M Rao
12. Will the course require any visiting may be
faculty?
13. Course objective (about 50 words):
To introduce students to scientific approaches for service and product-service-
system (PSS) design
14. Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/design activities):
Need for servitization, Service system types, Key dimensions of service
systems, Frameworks for service system design, tools for service system
design, Value co-creation, Service quality models, Economics of service
systems, Service contract design, CMMI-SVC model for service systems,
Case studies on service system design
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15. Lecture Outline (with topics and number of lectures)

Module Topic No. of
no. hours
1 Introduction to course and Need for servitization 1
2 Service system types including pure service, product oriented, use 1
oriented and result oriented systems.
3 Key dimensions of service systems eg.,customer, people, information 1
and technology
4 Frameworks for service and product-service-system design 3
5 Tools for service system design 7
6 Value co-creation through various co-creation platforms 3
7 Service quality models 3
8 Economics of service systems 3
9 Contract design for services and produc-service-systems 1
10 CMMI-SVC model for service systems 2
11 Case studies 3
12
COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘L’) 28

16. Brief description of tutorial activities

NA

17. Brief description of laboratory activities

Module Experiment description No. of
no. hours
1 Identifying service and value co-creation opportunities 4
2 Capturing and prioritizing service requirements 4
3 Identifying service mechanisms and channels 4
4 Development of service blue prints 4
5 Service failure analysis 4
6 Service quality model 4
7 Project presentation 4
8
9
10
COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘P’) 28

18. Suggested texts and reference materials

STYLE: Author name and initials, Title, Edition, Publisher, Year.
Made to Serve, by T. baines and H. Lightfoot, Wiley 2013.

Introduction to Product/Service-System Design, S. Tomohiko, L. Mattias, Springer, 2010.

The science of service systems, by H. Demirkan, J. C. Spohrer ands V. Krishna, Springer,

2011.

Servive systems implementation, by H. Demirkan, J. C. Spohrer ands V. Krishna, Springer,

2011.
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19. Resources required for the course (itemized & student access requirements, if any)
19.1 Software
19.2 Hardware
19.3 Teaching aides (videos, etc.) video clips
19.4 Laboratory
19.5 Equipment
19.6 Classroom infrastructure LCD projector
19.7 Site visits

20. Design content of the course (Percent of student time with examples, if possible)
20.1 Design-type problems
20.2 Open-ended problems
20.3 Project-type activity 50%
20.4 Open-ended laboratory work
20.5 Others (please specify)

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)

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COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department/Centre Mechanical Engineering

proposing the course
2. Course Title SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
(< 45 characters)

3. L-T-P structure 3-0-0

4. Credits 3.0
5. Course number NA
6. Status Elective
(category for program)

7. Pre-requisites
(course no./title)

8. Status vis-à-vis other courses (give course number/title)

8.1 Overlap with any UG/PG course of the Dept./Centre
8.2 Overlap with any UG/PG course of other Dept./Centre
8.3 Supercedes any existing course MEL756
9. Not allowed for Students who have done SCM course
(indicate program names)

10. Frequency of offering Every sem 1st sem 2nd sem Either sem
11. Faculty who will teach the course
S. G. Deshmukh
12. Will the course require any visiting may be
faculty?
13. Course objective (about 50 words):
1. Develop an understanding of the Supply Chain Management and basic
flows in SCM viz Material, Money and Information flows
2. Develop comptency in handling various analytical tools of SCM
3.Foster appreciation of managing and evaluating e a complex supply chain in
a holistic manner
4. Understand the managerial implications in implementing supply chain
solutions vis-à-vis developing appreciation for global SC and customet focus
14. Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/design activities):
Supply Chain Orienetation and Management, Various flows in a typical supply
chain, Supply chain strategy ,Customer focus, Location Decisions ,Strategic
alliance issues , Inventory Decisions, Information Decicions – Bull whip effect
and its ramifications, remedies , Transportation Decicions - Supply chain
modeling (both quantitative and qualitative) and analysis , Performance
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measurement; Various evaluation frameworks , Risk and supply chain

vulnerabilities, Reverse Logistics and decision making involved , Supply chain i
implementation vis-à-vis global issues involved, e-commerce and
contemporary models of bsuiness
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15. Lecture Outline (with topics and number of lectures)

Module Topic No. of
no. hours
1 Evolution of supply chain- classical materials management, distribution 1
logistics to supply chain, Push & Pull orientation, imperatives and
drivers for SCM
2 Typical flows- Material, Money and Information in a SC , Taxonomy for 2
various SCs
3 Strategic and Locational decisions in SC - imperatives and 4
implications, forecasting and its implications for strategy, examples of
strategic decisions , Factors for locational decisions , examples of
infrsatcture based decisinns for location, IT based SC s (such as
Amazon.com, snapdeal etc.), Strategic alliances and their impacts
4 Inventory: Types and variety , importance of inventory and cost factors 4
involved and their implications, Stochastic models for inventory , multi-
echelon decisions,
5 Determinants of risk and various strateegies for risk evaluation, utility 2
based frmeworks for risk assessment
6 Transportation decisions - various alternatives and impact on 2
outbound logistics and their evaluation , case studies
7 Role of information vis-à-vis inventory,Distortion effetct- Bull whip 4
effect: causes and remedies, IT based solutions, Case studies , e-
commerce and its linkages with Information flows and money flows,
contemporary practces
8 modelling in supply chain- Network models, supplier evaluation 6
models, multi-criteria based models, Game theoretic models,
Frameworks such as fuzzy logic and other soft computing based
templates such as GA, ANN etc.
9 Customer issues , Value for money, Role and dsign and architecture 3
of information systems from enhancing customer value ( ERP, Web
enabled initiatives in SC) case studies
10 Reverse supply chain, green and environmentally responsive chains, 4
Humanitarian Supply Chain, Disaster Management in Supply chains,
Design for disposal
11 Performance measurement frameworks in SC- Functional measures, 5
Balanced score card, SCOR and other templates, measures for green
supply chains, Quntitative vs qualitative measures
12 Implementation ssues in SC-Sooft issues vs hard issues, Group 5
nmotivation, team work in a high performance supply chains, Role of
IT vis-à-vis Human based systems ,Globa orientation and global
issues in SCM, Contemporary practices in SCM , Governnace issues
in SCM
COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘L’) 42

16. Brief description of tutorial activities

NA

17. Brief description of laboratory activities

Module Experiment description No. of
no. hours
1
2
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘P’)

18. Suggested texts and reference materials

STYLE: Author name and initials, Title, Edition, Publisher, Year.
1 Sharma S, Supply Chain Manageent, Oxford University Press, 2010
2. Chopra, S. and P. Meindl ,Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation.
5th Edition, Prentice-Hall., 2013
3 David Simchi-Levi, Philip Kaminsky, Edith Simchi-Levi, and Ravi Shankar. ,Designing
and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies, and Case Studies.3rd Edition,
Mc-Graw Hill, 2008

19. Resources required for the course (itemized & student access requirements, if any)
19.1 Software

MS-excel
19.2 Hardware
19.3 Teaching aides (videos, etc.) videos from youtube /NPTEL
19.4 Laboratory
19.5 Equipment
19.6 Classroom infrastructure general class room with LCD projection
19.7 Site visits

20. Design content of the course (Percent of student time with examples, if possible)
20.1 Design-type problems
20.2 Open-ended problems 20%
20.3 Project-type activity 40%
20.4 Open-ended laboratory work
20.5 Others (please specify)

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)

 COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department/Centre Mechanical Engg

proposing the course
2. Course Title VALUE ENGINEERING AND LIFE
(< 45 characters)
CYCLE COSTING
3. L-T-P structure 3-0-0
4. Credits 3
5. Course number -
6. Status Elective
(category for program)

7. Pre-requisites
(course no./title) nil

8. Status vis-à-vis other courses (give course number/title)

8.1 Overlap with any UG/PG course of the Dept./Centre Value Engg, UG
8.2 Overlap with any UG/PG course of other Dept./Centre NO
8.3 Supercedes any existing course* MEL671

9. Not allowed for UG Students

(indicate program names)

10. Frequency of offering Every sem 1st sem 2nd sem Either sem
11. Faculty who will teach the course : S. G. Deshmukh, A D GUPTA

12. Will the course require any visiting NO

faculty?
13. Course objective (about 50 words):

The broad objectives of the course are to teach the students the concepts of
Value Engineering/Value Analysis and Life Cycle Costing. They should be
able to apply Value Engineering Job Plan and other techniques of value
improvement to various practical situations and projects.

14. Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/design activities):

 Introduction to Value Engineering and Value Analysis, Methodology of V.E.,
Quantitative definition of use value and prestige value, Estimation of product
quality/performance, Classification of Functions, Functional Cost and
Functional Worth, Effect of value improvement on profitability. Introduction to
V.E. Job plan / Functional Approach to Value Improvement, Various phases
and techniques of the job plan.
Life Cycle Costing for managing the Total Value of a Product, Cash flow
diagrams, Concepts in LCC, Present Value concept, Annuity cost concept, Net
Present Value, Pay Back period, Internal rate of return on investment (IRR),
Continuous discounting, Examples and illustrations.
Creative thinking and creative judgment, False savings, System Reliability,
Evaluation Matrix, Assessment of value alternatives, Estimation of weights and
efficiencies, Sensitivity analysis, Utility transformation functions, Fast
diagramming, Critical path of functions, DARSIRI method of value analysis.
Critical review of some industry oriented projects and case studies.

15. Lecture Outline (with topics and number of lectures)

Module Topic No. of

no. hours
1 Introduction to Value Engineering and Value Analysis, 4
Methodology of V.E., Difference from conventional methods of
cost reduction, Unnecessary costs, Quantitative definition of use
value and prestige value, Estimation of product performance.

2 Classification of Functions, Relationship between use functions 4

and esteem functions in product design, Functional Cost and
Functional Worth, Effect of value improvement on profitability of
an organization

3 Introduction to V.E. Job plan / Functional Approach to value 3

improvement, Various phases and techniques of the job plan,
Factors governing project selection.

4 Life Cycle Costing for managing the Total Value of a product, 10

Cash flow diagrams, Concepts in LCC, Present Value concept,
Annuity cost concept, Net Present Value, Pay Back period,
Internal rate of return on investment (IRR), Continuous
discounting; Judicious examples, problems and illustrations.

5 General Phase, Information Phase, Cost structure of a product, 4

Cost allocation to various specifications and requirements,
Function Phase, Numerical evaluation of functional
relationships, Checks of consistency, Function-cost-weight
matrix, VIP index.
 6 Creativity Phase, Brain storming, Evaluation Phase, Creative 4
judgment; False savings, Savings and probability of success,
Functional Development Worksheet, Investigation Phase,
Development of workable and saleable solutions.

7 Recommendation phase, Determination of cut-off point (COP), 3

Road blocks in implementation. Scheduling implementation of a
VA project, Network planning, Implementation program.

8 Decision matrix, Evaluation of value alternatives, Estimation of 3

weights and efficiencies, Quantitative and Qualitative Utility
transformation functions, Sensitivity analysis, Examples.

9 Fast diagramming, Ground rules for Fast diagram, Critical path 3

of functions; Supporting and all-time functions, DARSIRI method
of value analysis, Purchase price analysis.

10 Discussion and critical analysis of some industry oriented 4

projects and case studies

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘L’) 42

16. Brief description of tutorial activities

NA

17. Brief description of laboratory activities

Experiment description No. of

hours
NA

COURSE TOTAL (14 times ‘P’)

18. Suggested texts and reference materials

STYLE: Author name and initials, Title, Edition, Publisher, Year.

1. S. S. IYER, Value Engineering - A How to do Manual, New Age International
Publishers, New Delhi.
2. Arthur E. Mudge, Value Engineering – A Systematic Approach,
Mc Graw Hill Book Co., New York.
3. A. D. Raven, Profit Improvement through Value Analysis, Value Engineering
and Purchase Price Analysis, Cassell and Co., London.
4. L. D. Miles, Techniques of Value Analysis and Engineering,
Mc Graw Hill Book Co., New York.
5. M. S. Vittal, Value Engineering for Cost Reduction and Product Improvement,
Syscons Publication, Bangalore.
6. ASTME-American Society for Tool and Manufacturing Engineers, Value
Engineering in Manufacturing, Prentice Hall.
7. S.N. Chary, Production & Operations Management,
Tata Mc . Graw Hill, New Delhi.
8. Prasanna Chandra, Projects Preparation, Appraisal, Budgeting and
Implementation, Tata Mc. Graw Hill, New Delhi.
9. Various Journals in Industrial Engineering / Value Engineering / Productivity

10. http://www.value-eng.org
11. http://www.value-engineering.com

19. Resources required for the course (itemized & student access requirements, if any)
19.1 Software
19.2 Hardware
19.3 Teaching aides (videos, etc.)
19.4 Laboratory
19.5 Equipment
19.6 Classroom infrastructure As needed
19.7 Site visits

20. Design content of the course (Percent of student time with examples, if possible)
20.1 Design-type problems
20.2 Open-ended problems --
20.3 Project-type activity --
20.4 Open-ended laboratory work --
20.5 Others (tools and --
techniques)

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)