Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2014-2015 (archived)
Module ENGI3421: MANAGEMENT AND MANUFACTURE
Department: Engineering
ENGI3421: MANAGEMENT AND MANUFACTURE
| Type | Tied | Level | 3 | Credits | 20 | Availability | Available in 2014/15 | Module Cap | None. | Location | Durham |
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| Tied to | H100 |
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Prerequisites
- As specified in Programme Regulations
Corequisites
- As specified in Programme Regulations
Excluded Combination of Modules
- As specified in Programme Regulations
Aims
- This module is designed solely for students studying School of Engineering and Computing Sciences degree programmes.
- To provide coverage of theory and methods required for quantitative decision making in management science.
- To provide a fundamental understanding of the close relationship and dynamic interaction between product design and manufacturing engineering.
- To provide an understanding and use of discrete event simulation to model manufacturing cells.
- To provide a knowledge of production planning and effective process control techniques with manufacture.
Content
- Management
- Manufacture
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- Students will acquire knowledge of how decision making problems can be modelled mathematically, and solved using appropriate quantitative methods.
- Students will be able to perform fundamental analyses for decision science problems.
- Students will learn modern methods of production planning and control.
- To understand and be able to model manufacturing operations e.g cells using discrete event simulation modelling.
- To understand the theory and practice of process control.
Subject-specific Skills:
- The application of specialised management knowledge in an engineering context.
- To apply Design for Manufacture, Production Planning, Process Control and Simulation techniques in relation to modern manufacture.
Key Skills:
- Communicate effectively.
- Discrete event simulation modelling.
- Use of optimisation software.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- The course in Management is taught by lectures leading to the acquisition of the appropriate subject specific skills and knowledge. Assessment is through written examination, which enables each student to demonstrate subject knowledge and an ability to analyse and solve new problems.
- Students are able to make use of staff Tutorial Hours to discuss any aspect of the module with teaching staff on a one to one basis. These are sign-up sessions available for up to one hour per week
- The course in Manufacture is taught by lectures and workshops and assessed by written examination. This allows students to demonstrate subject knowledge and problem solving skills.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
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| Management lectures | 20 | 1 per week | 1 hour | 20 | |
| Manufacture lectures | 15 | typically 1 per week | 1 hour | 15 | |
| Manufacture Workshops - CAD/RP | 3 | typically 1 per week | 2 hours | 6 | |
| Manufacture workshops Simulation | 3 | typically 1 per week | 2 hours | 6 | |
| Tutorial Hours | as required | weekly sign-up sessions | up to 1 hour | 8 | |
| Preparation and reading | 145 | ||||
| Total | 200 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: Examination | Component Weighting: 100% | ||
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| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| Management 3 | 2 hours | 60% | none |
| Manufacture 3 | 1.5 hours | 40% | none |
Formative Assessment:
Problem Sheets for lecture courses.
■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University