Course Name: Management of Inventory Systems

Course abstract

The objective of the course is to introduce the basic concepts and statistical and other quantitative techniques and methods employed in the broad area of materials management, in general and inventory control and management, in particular. Static and dynamic inventory problems under certainty, risk and uncertainty, design of inventory study and decision procedures, current approaches in inventory management, important methods and approaches in purchasing, storing, distribution, value engineering/analysis, logistics and SCM are some of the topics which are required to be covered for the students taking up this course for the first time. Such a comprehensive course is required to be offered by Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering,Manufacturing/Production Engineering and related departments at undergraduate level and by Management/Business schools at the postgraduate level in any renowned university or educational institute in India and abroad. It is essential that the students studying in these disciplines at UG or PG levels should enroll themselves in this course.


Course Instructor

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Pradip Kumar Ray

Prof Pradip Kumar Ray is a Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. A mechanical engineering graduate (IIEST, Shibpur) with MTech degree and PhD in industrial engineering (IIT Kharagpur), He has more than thirty-six years of experience - eight years in industry and twenty-eight years of teaching and research experience at IIT Kharagpur. He has published one text book, three edited books, thirteen book chapters, six lecture packages, and 162 papers in international and national journals of repute and conferences His areas of interest include productivity modelling, materials management, quality engineering, ergonomics, healthcare inventory management. He has secured substantial number (27 till date) of industry and research grants. He has supervised 17 PhD scholars. He is a certified Lead Assessor for ISO-9001 registration, and a member of INFORMS and IIMM, and a Fellow of WAPS and IE (India).
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Teaching Assistant(s)

Kriti Karmakar

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 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2020

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 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2019 to 03-Feb-2020

 Exam registration : 16-Dec-2019 to 20-Mar-2020

 Exam Date : 26-Apr-2020

Enrolled

1029

Registered

25

Certificate Eligible

10

Certified Category Count

Gold

0

Silver

2

Elite

7

Successfully completed

1

Participation

6

Success

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Silver

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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Management of Inventory Systems - Toppers list

DR E M NARESH BABU 81%

ABBS School of Management

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1029

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 114

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Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
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