Prerequisites: None
Contents:
- This course gives an introduction to the world of manufacturing and other work systems
- Lab sessions will allow students to explore
- Various Manufacturing technologies, Making products individually vs. assembly line; Manufacturing Flows, Blocking & Bottleneck;
- Activity charts and visualizing and quantifying flows of people, material and information; Value Stream Mapping, in industrial and service systems
- Understanding processes and measurements using Time & Motion Study;
- Understand Material Handling Systems, Facility Layouts, Warehousing; Designing queues
- Factory /Warehouse/ eRetailers Visits may also be included
References:
- Spearman and Hopp, 2011, Factory Physics, 3rd ed., Waveland Press
- Goldratt, 2004, Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement, 3rd edition, Routledge
- Niebel, W. B. and Freivalds, A, 2004, Methods, standards, and work design, McGraw Hill.
- Introduction to Work Study, International Labor Organization, Third Revised Edition.