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Manufacturing Strategies, 6 ECTS credits.
/Produktionsstrategier/
For:
DPU
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Ii
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MMAT
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 28
Rec. self-study hours: 132
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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:
The aim of the course is to present the strategic perspective of the manufacturing function. Special attention is paid to the holistic view of manufacturing, the competitive priorities of the manufacturing firm and the interfaces with other business functions. After taking this course, the student should be able to analyze the role of manufacturing in the corporate strategy and formulate a consistent manufacturing strategy. The student should also be able to communicate results and conclusions and be able to critically reflect upon the analysis made of other groups related to manufacturing strategies.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Basic knowledge in production/operations 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.
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Supplementary courses:
Production Logistics. Analysing and Improving Manufacturing Operations.
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Organisation:
The teaching is organized in lectures and seminars. The lectures cover theory and approaches. The seminars are used for guidance and other group exercises such as project presentations.
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Course contents:
- Manufacturing Strategy: Relationship to corporate strategy and functional strategies. Manufacturing philosophies.
- Competitive Priorities: Quality, delivery speed and reliability, cost effeceincy, flexibility. Order winners and order qualifiers. Special focus on manufacturing flexibility: different types of and means of providing flexibility.
- Manufacturing Strategy Content: Strategic issues and operations regarding capacity, facilities, process vertical integration, quality, organization, and control systems, expecially manufacturing planning and control systems.
- International manufacturing networks
- Performance Measurement: Productivity. Different types of measures for feedback to different planning and control levels.
- Supply Chains
- Sustainability related to long term planning of manufacturing
- Development of services in relation to manufacturing strategy
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Course literature:
Miltenburg, John: Manufacturing Strategy - How to Formulate and Implement a Winning Plan (2nd edition), Productivity Press, 2005.
Articles
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Examination: |
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Project
Oral examination
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4 ECTS
2 ECTS
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The final grade is a weighted average of the different examination elements. |
Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Fredrik Persson
Examiner: Veronica Lindström
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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