Discipline: Business
MAN-Manufacturing Technology
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Riverside Community College District
Integrated Course Outline of Record

Business 81


COURSE DESCRIPTION
81 Inventory Control
Same as: MAN-Manufacturing Technology 81
 Units: 1.50
 
Prerequisite: None.
 
Review of the concepts and techniques available for planning and controlling inventories. Total of 27 hours lecture.
 
SHORT DESCRIPTION FOR CLASS SCHEDULE
A study of inventory control concepts and techniques.
 
ADVISORY ENTRY SKILLS
None.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
 Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
Demonstrate multiple forecasting techniques. Practice materials management. Explain the workings of independent demand inventory systems. Successfully demonstrate scheduling techniques.
 
COURSE CONTENT
  TOPICS
 
  1.  Overview of the basics of inventory control.
  2.  Cost concepts that drive inventory management.
  3. Forecasting techniques
  4. Order quantities
  5. Independent demand systems
  6. Scheduling techniques

Students are also assigned reading, writing and other outside assignments equivalent to two hours per one hour lecture.

 
 
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
 Methods of instruction used to achieve student learning outcomes may include, but are not limited to:

1. Present class lectures/discussions in order to assist students in achieving the learning outcomes by reviewing relevant course content.
2. Show videos/films/slides/audio tapes in order give the student a better feeling of exposure to on-the-job inventory control activities and responsibilities than may be possible by lectures/ discussions.
3. Create and assign pair and small group activities such as preparing challenging discussion questions for other groups. A competition format may be used in this process. This is done in order to help students achieve outcomes by stimulating individual participation in group activities.
4. Invite guest lecturers to class in order to bring current inventory control experience directly into the classroom and help students attain objectives through direct interface with active inventory control experts.
5. Develop and assign web-based/web-enhanced tasks and activities in order to assist the student in achieving learning objectives by offering opportunities to interact with other students online, while also providing individualized learning opportunities.
 
METHODS OF EVALUATION
 Students will be evaluated for progress in and/or mastery of learning outcomes by methods of evaluation which may include, but are not limited to:

1. Quizzes and in-class participation demonstraing proficiency in subject matter.
2. Quizzes designed to assess the student learning outcomes.
3. Written reports designed to assess the applicationof inventory control principles.
4.  Individual web projects designed to assess student proficiency in achieving the student learning outcomes.
5.  Individual or class projects designed to evaluate the application of inventory control principles to simulations of real business situtations.
6.  Examination designed to provide objective evidence that students have attained the level of understanding expected in the areas detailed in the Student Learning Outcomes.
7.  Individual,small group, or pairedactivities designed to allow students to demonstrate understanding of basicinventory control concepts.
ASSIGNMENTS

Required Reading Assignments


Required Writing Assignments


Other Outside-of-Class Assignments
 
COURSE MATERIALS
 All materials used in this course will be periodically reviewed to ensure that they are appropriate for college level instruction. Possible texts include:

  • Toomey, John. Inventory Management: Principles, Concepts and Techniques. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.
  • Fundamentals of Inventory Control, Fundamentals of Materials and Operations Management Series, American Production and Inventory Control Society (instructor kit: stock #01801 and participant workbook: stock # 01802).
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