Production planning and control are of central importance in many domains of engineering activity. These functions are likely to assume even more significance as focus in production shifts towards creating more value for the customer and design and manufacturing become integrated. The Production Planning and Control minor program provides the necessary basic concepts in required courses and then allows more specialization through elective courses. It will be useful to students who want to complement their training with an organization-wide understanding of the processes and problems of production.

The program requires six courses, three of which are electives.

Required Courses
IE251 LINEAR PROGRAMMING
IE323 PRODUCTION AND SERVICE OPERATIONS PLANNING I
IE324 PRODUCTION AND SERVICE OPERATIONS PLANNING II 

One of the Following Courses
IE241 FINANCIAL AND MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING FOR ENGINEERS
IE304 PRODUCTION AND SERVICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
IE333 WORK SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

Two of the Following Courses
IE252 NETWORK FLOWS AND INTEGER PROGRAMMING
IE368 QUALITY PLANNING AND CONTROL
IE418 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
IE419 TOPICS IN ORDER AND LOT SCHEDULING
IE421 INVENTORY PLANNING PROBLEMS
IE424 SCHEDULING
IE425 PLANT LOCATION AND LAYOUT
IE426 TOPICS IN PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
IE429 TOPICS IN PRODUCTION PLANNING
IE454 NETWORK FLOWS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
IE461 FORECASTING METHODS
IE486 RETAIL MANAGEMENT
IE489 SYSTEMS THINKING
IE491 INDUSTRIAL NETWORKS AND CLUSTERS
IE494 SPECIAL TOPICS IN INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
IE4904 SPECIAL TOPICS IN IE: LEAN MANUFACTURING
IE4908 SPECIAL TOPICS IN IE: HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS
Any other course approved by the department