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Analysing and Improving Manufacturing Operation, 6 ECTS credits.
/Analys och utveckling av produktionsverksamhet/
For:
DPU
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MMAT
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 24
Rec. self-study hours: 136
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Area of Education: Technology
Main field of studies: Industrial Engineering and Management
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): A
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Aim:
After this course the student should be able to:
- understand the relationship between analysis and improvement of manufacturing operations and the value processes of the firm.
- use the most common analysis tools and approaches.
- use the most common improvement tools and approaches.
- use simulation for analysing and improving manufacturing operations.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Production and Operations Management, Manufacturing Strategies
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:
The lectures deal with the theoretical approaches and the seminars and laboratory sessions deal with a project.
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Course contents:
Analysing Manufacturing Operations: Analyses of lead-times, capacity, material flow, customer and manufacturing orders, delivery service, inventories, information, and from a systems perspective.
AImproving Manufacturing Operations: Value-based process enhancements through improvements in time, cost, flexibility and quality, with a special focus on setup-time reduction.
Simulation as Support for Analysing and Improving Operations: Relationships among lead-times, capacity, material flow, inventories, orders, delivery service, costs, information, and planning strategy.
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Course literature:
Anupindi, Chopra, Deshmukh, Van Mieghem & Zemel, Managing Business Process Flows, Prentice-Hall, 2012/2014.
Additional handouts.
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Examination: |
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Written examination
Seminar
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3 ECTS
3 ECTS
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Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Fredrik Persson
Examiner: Fredrik Persson
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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