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Valid for year : 2007
 
TPMM25 Analysing and Improving Manufacturing Operations, 4,5 ECTS credits.
/Analysing and Improving Manufacturing Operations/

For:   IMM  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 32
Rec. self-study hours: 88

  Area of Education: Technology

Subject area: Industrial Engineering and Management, Industrial Econimics

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

Aim:
The purpose of the course is to present perpectives on how to analyse manufacturing operations and based on such analyses improve the value processes of the manufacturing firm. After taking thsi course, the student should possess enhanced knowledge about different analysis tools and approaches and about improvement models and approaches of both conceptual and operational nature.

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Basic course in Production and Opreations Management

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.

Organisation:
The lectures deal with the theoretical approaches and the seminars and laboratory sessions deal with a project.

Course contents:
Analysing Manufacturing Opreations: Anlayses of lead-time, capacity, material flow, customer and manufacturing orders, delivery service, inventories, informaiton, and from a systems perspective. Improving Manufacturing Operations: Value-bases process enhancements through improvements in time, cost, fexibility an dquality, with a special focus on setup-time reduction. Simulation as Support for Analysing and Improving Operations: Relationships among lead-time, capacity, material flow, inventories, orders, delivery service, costs, information, and plannning strategy.

Course literature:
Anupindi, Chopra, Deshmukh, Van Mieghem and Zemel: Managing Business Process Flows, Prentice-Hall 2005. Additional handouts.

Examination:
Seminar project
Oral examination
2 p
1 p
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3 ECTS
1,5 ECTS
 



Course language is English.
Department offering the course: IPE.
Director of Studies: Martin Kylinger
Examiner: Ou Tang
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Last updated: 05/23/2007