CIE361 Productivity Management and Re-Engineering Syllabus:

CIE361 Productivity Management and Re-Engineering Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

• To understand the basic concepts of productivity
• To Measure and evaluate productivity
• To Plan and implement various productivity techniques.
• To apply the concepts of Reengineer the process for improving the productivity
• To analyse BPR tools for improving the productivity.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Basic concept and meaning of Productivity – Significance of Productivity – Factors affecting Productivity – Productivity cycle, Scope of Productivity Engineering and Management.

UNIT II PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION

Productivity measurement in International, National and Industrial level – Total Productivity Model – Productivity measurement in Manufacturing and Service sectors – Performance Objective Productivity (POP) model – Need for Productivity Evaluation – Evaluation Methodology.

UNIT III PRODUCTIVITY PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION

Need for Productivity Planning – Short term and long term productivity planning – Productivity improvement approaches, Principles – Productivity Improvement techniques – Technology based, Material based, Employee based, Product based techniques – Managerial aspects of Productivity Implementation schedule, Productivity audit and control.

UNIT IV REENGINEERING PROCESS

Definition, Fundamentals of process reengineering – Principles, Methodology and guidelines for Organization Transformation, DSMCQ and PMP organization Transformation models – Process Improvement Models like PMI, Edosomwan, LMICIP and NPRDC Models.

UNIT V BPR TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTATION

Analytical and Process Tools and Techniques – Role of Information and Communication Technology in BPR – Requirements and steps in BPR Implementation – Case studies.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:

The Student must be able to:
CO1: Understanding the basic concepts of productivity
CO2: Measure and evaluate productivity
CO3: Plan and implement various productivity techniques.
CO4: Reengineer the process for improving the productivity
CO5: Implement BPR tools for improving the productivity.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Sumanth, D.J, “Productivity Engineering and Management”, TMH, New Delhi, 1990
2. Sudit, Ephraim F., “Productivity Based Management”, Springer 1984

REFERENCES:

1. Edosomwan, J.A, “Organizational Transformation and Process re- Engineering”, British Cataloging in publications,1996.
2. Premvrat, Sardana, G.D. and Sahay, B.S, “Productivity Management – A systems approach”, Narosa Publications, New Delhi, 1998.
3. Rotini, Federico, Borgianni, Yuri, Cascini, Gaetano, “How to Achieve Global Success in the Changing Marketplace”, Springer 2012.