# Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

- Institution: IIT Guwahati
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
- Teacher: Prof. Uday Shanker Dixit
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/112103774)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/112103774)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The course on Industrial Engineering and Operations Research aims at foundational understanding of optimizing manufacturing and service operations. It covers key topics like Production Planning and Control, inventory management and manufacturing strategies including supply chain management. Students will learn quality control techniques, forecasting, and Industry 4.0 applications with IoT and data analytics. The course also introduces operations research methods such as linear programming, transportation and network flow models, providing tools for effective decision-making and process improvement.

Intended audience: UG and PG students of Mechanical/Production/Industrial/Electrical/Electronics/Chemical/Civil Engineering. However, UG and PG students of any branch of engineering, science, mathematics and management can register in this course, provided they have the knowledge of mathematics up to 10+2 level.

Prerequisites: Basic concepts of Mathematics (up to class 10, up to class 12 preferred)

## Lectures

1. [Lec 1: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/bcff7b650a90) (YouTube)
2. [Lec 2: Production Planning and Control, Aggregate production planning](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/4ee1c7c52cfb) (YouTube)
3. [Lec 3: Product Design Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/b9ada1a8dd39) (YouTube)
4. [Lec 4: Product Design Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/ec81f4a59554) (YouTube)
5. [Lec 5: Job, Batch, and Flow Production methods](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/ebc927cfc146) (YouTube)
6. [Lec 1: Work study: Enhancing Productivity through Methods and Measurement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/8f87647d267f) (YouTube)
7. [Lec 2: Work Sampling and Ergonomics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/3bfdf897b024) (YouTube)
8. [Lec 3: Inventory Management part-1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/aae845fd1ea1) (YouTube)
9. [Lec 4: Inventory Management part-2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/be17a7c4af16) (YouTube)
10. [Lec 5: Supply chain Management](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/0950ba68eee8) (YouTube)
11. [Lec 1: Total Quality Management](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/01a3942b9d25) (YouTube)
12. [Lec 2: Application of Statistics in TQM](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/4842abbbd4ef) (YouTube)
13. [Lec 3: Acceptance Sampling](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/dc41ef42903d) (YouTube)
14. [Lec 4: Control Charts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/f393e2a0d875) (YouTube)
15. [Lec 5: Taguchi's Method, Six Sigma, ISO9001](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/840b3cba4a5a) (YouTube)
16. [Lec 1: Forecasting Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/3f6f418e50b8) (YouTube)
17. [Lec 2: Forecasting Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/c29570b0cb63) (YouTube)
18. [Lec 3: Scheduling Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/d4d564e37099) (YouTube)
19. [Lec 4: Scheduling Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/49a0d4dd7a5a) (YouTube)
20. [Lec 5: Assignment Problems](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/e6dab3dc0a1e) (YouTube)
21. [Lec 1: Line Balancing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/fc09dcd8cc20) (YouTube)
22. [Lec 2: Break-Even Analysis Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/5f44e031858c) (YouTube)
23. [Lec 3: Break-Even Analysis Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/0a4cf613c64b) (YouTube)
24. [Lec 4: Industry 4.0](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/5849181193a1) (YouTube)
25. [Lec 5: Industry 4.0 and 5.0](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/7817bcc55b8a) (YouTube)
26. [Lec 1: Big Data and Analytics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/e41880ced789) (YouTube)
27. [Lec 2: Machine learning](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/159e5ae940de) (YouTube)
28. [Lec 3: Internet of Things](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/8b36390535c7) (YouTube)
29. [Lec 4: Smart Factories](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/67e76ecbadc8) (YouTube)
30. [Lec 5: Digital Twins](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/f913cdc5cde5) (YouTube)
31. [Lec 1: Linear programming](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/881e1e216b50) (YouTube)
32. [Lec 2: Linear Programming: Graphical Method](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/acf1e9afef89) (YouTube)
33. [Lec 3: Linear Programming: Simplex Method](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/b244b6abe870) (YouTube)
34. [Lec 4: Simplex Method: Big M and Two Phase](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/1641a7c1ca2b) (YouTube)
35. [Lec 5: Special Problems in Linear Programming](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/fc07ec59016a) (YouTube)
36. [Lec 1: Dual Problems](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/7677f29e46a0) (YouTube)
37. [Lec 2: Properties of Dual Problem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/95c46ddc58a1) (YouTube)
38. [Lec 3: Unit Worth of Resource](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/f3d5bce4be47) (YouTube)
39. [Lec 4: Dual Prices as Lagrange Multipliers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/11525357fe40) (YouTube)
40. [Lec 5: Linear Programming: Some Exercise Problems](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/1cf70df043be) (YouTube)
41. [Lec 1: Transportation Models: An Introduction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/434aac929791) (YouTube)
42. [Lec 2: Transportation Models: Northwest-Corner Method](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/35325e9aed34) (YouTube)
43. [Lec 3: Transportation Models: Least-Cost Method](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/1af098c8cb7d) (YouTube)
44. [Lec 4: Transportation Models: Vogel Approximation Method (VAM)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/ef2249820b64) (YouTube)
45. [Lec 5: Transportation Models: Optimality Test](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/a3c941c5d8d8) (YouTube)
46. [Lec 1: Critical Path Method](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/bd47f8917e8c) (YouTube)
47. [Lec 2: CPM: Finding Critical Path](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/865692924d17) (YouTube)
48. [Lec 3: CPM: Float of an Activity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/c9192849214c) (YouTube)
49. [Lec 4: PERT](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/59b0db14b38a) (YouTube)
50. [Lec 5: Project Crashing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/d0faaa7f9c08) (YouTube)
51. [Lec 1: Queuing Theory: part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/a1575cf095ea) (YouTube)
52. [Lec 2: Queuing Theory: part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/7e0315c41418) (YouTube)
53. [Lec 3: Queuing Theory: part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/1a37868a3573) (YouTube)
54. [Lec 4: Queuing Theory: part 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/bd8dd6494e78) (YouTube)
55. [Lec 5: Queuing Theory: part 5](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/9df3de50b068) (YouTube)
56. [Lec 1: Deterministic Inventory models](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/5c28a0330c1e) (YouTube)
57. [Lec 2: Probabilistic Inventory models: part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/c80d1b369cd8) (YouTube)
58. [Lec 3: Probabilistic Inventory models: part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/4da4aadb0cf3) (YouTube)
59. [Lec 4: Probabilistic Inventory models: part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/8eca1fbc7de3) (YouTube)
60. [Lec 5: Probabilistic Inventory models: part 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112103774/42eaa69be9a5) (YouTube)