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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Course Overview

Swayam is a Government of India initiated programme, which offers a large number of courses to students and professionals absolutely free of cost. It believes in the principle of equity, quality, and access. This course of product management offered by Swayam belongs to the computer science and engineering category. 

Production management means to manage the production system of a company in such a way that the outcome of the product is a useful product or service.  This production system can be anything material, technology, cash, machine, or any other thing. The output will always be the same that is any useful product or service. 

It is the study of designing and planning production systems and subsystems in such a way as to meet the demands of the organisation.  It mainly teaches you how to manage activities of this process among core functions of a business - finance, production, and marketing. 

It is an ongoing core course of 16 weeks which teaches you how to plan strategically, how to plan functions, control, and management of production management, what is MRP, the theory of constraints, scheduling and sequencing, and much more. The instructor for this course is Dr. Ashish Agarwal, who is an expert in his field and has many achievements in his name. This course is very handy. It is the best opportunity for a candidate to enhance their Curriculum Vitae by doing this course made available by the government. 

The Highlights

  • Launched by Government of India
  • Taught by top educators 
  • Diploma level programme 
  • Suggests books and reference

Programme Offerings

  • video lectures
  • Self-assessment through test
  • Reading Material
  • Online discussion forum
  • Quiz
  • test

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability
no

What you will learn

Knowledge of engineering

As the programme completes, the candidates will acquire a series of learnings that are given below:

  • Candidates will learn about different subjects such as measurement, control, planning function, strategic planning, etc 
  • They will learn about the concepts of sequencing, break-even analysis, capacity planning, scheduling, and others. 
  • They will understand the subject of just-in-time, production planning, cost-profit volume, break-even analysis, and others.

Who it is for


Admission Details

Enrollment in production management by swayam can be obtained by following the following simple steps:

Step 1- Visit the programme webpage.

Step 2- Sign in and create a registered e-mail id. 

Step 3-  If your course has a registration link, click the link and proceed forward. 

The Syllabus

  • Week 1: Unit 1: Overview Of Production Management        
  • Week 2: Unit 2: Plant Location And Facility Layout        
  • Week 3: Unit 3: Cost Profit Volume Or Break Even Analysis        
  • Week 4: Unit 4: Project Management        
  • Week 5: Unit 5: Forecasting

  • Week 6: Unit 6: Aggregate Production Planning        
  • Week 7: Unit 7: Mrp        
  • Week 8 Unit 8: Erp        
  • Week 9: Unit 9: Capacity Planning        
  • Week 10: Unit 10: Work Study And Measurement        

  • Week 11: Unit 11: In Bound And Out Bound Logistics            
  • Week 12: Unit 12: Theory Of Constraints            
  • Week 13: Unit 13: Supply Chain Management            

  • Week 14: Unit 14: Control Function In Production Management        
  • Week 15: Unit 15: Scheduling And Sequencing        
  • Week 16: Unit 16: Just-In-Time        
  • Week 16: Unit 17: Measurement In Production System        

Instructors

IGNOU Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Is this a scientific course or commercial?

This course is categorized as computer science and engineering.  

2: What questions do they ask?

No sample questionnaire is provided. Please visit their website for the same. 

3: Do they offer any other course as well?

They have a long list of courses offered by them. You may visit Swayam's homepage.  

4: Where will I get placement after this?

There is no specific mention of this. However, you can visit their website for the same.   

5: Who is Dr. Ashish Agarwal?

Dr. Ashish Agarwal is working as an associate professor of mechanical engineering in IGNOU.

6: How will I come to know about a new video uploaded?

An email is sent by them regarding every update.  

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