Course Name: Manufacturing Strategy

Course abstract

The aim of this course is to provide a treatment to manufacturing functions to gain competitive advantage. Normally, operation activities are considered reactive in nature. Therefore, organizations are not able to use operation function for competitiveness. W.Skinner wrote the seminal artivle in HBR in 1969 to highlight the role of manufacturing in corporate strategy. This course will discuss the process of formulation of manufacturing strategy and will also discuss various tools and techniques for making a world class organization. This course will have a right blend of theory and case discussions.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Rajat Agarwal

Dr. Rajat Agrawal is a Professor at Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee. He is Associate Dean for Innovation and Incubation, IPR Chair Professor of DPIIT, Govt of India at IIT Roorkee. He is a Joint faculty member at Center of Excellence for Disaster Mitigation and Management and Associate faculty member at Center of Excellence for Transportation Management, IIT Roorkee.He initiated the process of establishing the Design Innovation Centre at IIT Roorkee and presently Co-PI and Cocoordinator of the Centre. Dr. Rajat was a visiting fellow to Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark. He was awarded ICCR Chair at Indonesia in year 2016-17. His area of interest is Production and Operations Management including Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Strategy and World Class Manufacturing. He has guided 19 Ph D thesis in these areas and currently 12 students are working under his guidance. He has completed 12 research/consultancy projects of National and International importance. Three projects worth over Rs2.5 Cr are in progress. He has more than 120 research papers in refereed journals and more than 25 research papers in refereed conference proceedings. He has authored one book published by Bloomsbury and book chapters in 8 books. He organized First PANIIT International Management Conference in year 2018.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

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 Course Duration : Jul-Sep 2021

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 20-May-2021 to 02-Aug-2021

 Exam registration : 17-Jun-2021 to 20-Aug-2021

 Exam Date : 26-Sep-2021

Enrolled

1083

Registered

221

Certificate Eligible

108

Certified Category Count

Gold

0

Silver

6

Elite

39

Successfully completed

63

Participation

97

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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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 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
    Note:We have taken best assignment score from both July 2020 and July 2021 course
Manufacturing Strategy - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

SINSI C 87%

MES COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

AYANTAN SIKDAR 84%

E2open Inc.


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

JAY WARDHAN 81%

National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology

SHRIKANT ASARAM NAKHATE 80%

D. Y. PATIL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

VIJAY MOLASI 77%

Varroc Engineering Limited

VIJAY S 77%

ST. JOSEPHS COLLEGE OF COMMERCE (AUTONOMOUS)

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1083

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 221

Assignment Statistics




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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.