Description
This course addresses advanced manufacturing operations management issues and design. The course provides the student with the knowledge of fundamental changes that are required to improve competitiveness. This course is classroom-based and includes lecture, discussion topics, and both individual and team based problem solving. An individual class project that requires the student to apply the course teachings to an actual company situation is an important part of the learning transfer.
Prerequisites
Materials
Required:- Factory Physics, 3rd ed. Wallace J. Hopp & Mark L. Spearman, McGraw Hill, 2008
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will:
- Learn to apply advanced operations concepts to real world situations.
- Learn what companies must do to become competitive in today's business environment.
- Assess intellectual theory relatie to the practical eneds of the business.
- Learn to apply various techniques and solutions to improve business operations.
Course Topics
- The lesions of history (2 classes)
- A science of manufacturing (1 class)
- Basic factory dynamics (1 class)
- The corrupting influence of variability (2 classes)
- Push pull production systems (1 class)
- Total quality management (1 class)
- Shop floor control (1 class)
- Production scheduling (1 class)
- Agregate and workforce planning (1 class)
- Supply chain management (1 class)
- Capacity management1 (1 class)
- Synthesis - pulling it all together (1 class)
Prerequisites by topic
No Prerequisites have been appended
Laboratory topics
Course topics by day
ACCE content
| General Education |
Math & Science |
Business & Mgmt. |
Construction | Construction Science |
|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ABET/EAC content
| Engineering topics |
Design |
General education |
Math/Science | Other |
|---|
| No |
| | |
ABET/TAC content
| Communications |
Math & Science |
HU/SS |
Tech Content | Other |
|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Coordinator
Michael Ostrenga
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