| TPMM02 | The Industrial Firm, 1,5 ECTS credits. /Industriföretaget/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 6 |
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Area of Education: Technology Subject area: Industrial Economics |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): D
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| Aim: The aim of the course is to present an overview of the industrial enterprise as an introduction to the Master programme in Manufacturing Management. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: Lectures: 6 hrs. |
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| Course contents: NDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT: The role of the industrial firm in society. MICROECONOMICS: Basic relationships among producers, consumers and goods. Basic production theory. PROCESSES IN INDUSTRIAL FIRMS: Product development process. Goods manufacturing process. Customer order process. MANUFACTURING RE-ENGINEERING STRATEGIES: Lean manufacturing, total quality management, just-in-time, time-based management and other approaches. |
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| Course literature: Olhager: The industrial firm and manufacturing management, handout, Linköping, 1996. |
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| Participation at lectures (minimum 75%). |
1 p |
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| Grades are given as â?~Failâ?T or â?~Passâ?T. | |||
Course language is English. Department offering the course: IPE. Director of Studies: Examiner: Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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