Coursecode: wm0504tu
Coursename: Industrial organization A

DUT creditpoints: 2
ECTS creditpoints: 3
Subfaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology - Technology and Society
Lecturer(s): Bikker, prof.ir.H., Haaf, ir. W. ten

Tel.: 015-27 82711/81588
Catalog data:
production organization, investements, productivity, efficiency, quality, requirement definition, maintenance, cost calculation, planning, budgetting, personnel reviewing and rewarding, business information, inventory control

Courseyear: 3, 4
Semester: 4/0/0/0
Hours p/w: 4
Other hours: See remarks
Assessment: See remarks
Assessm.period(s): 1, 2
(see academic calendar)
Prerequisites: wm0501
Follow up:
Detailed description of topics:
  • Structuring of primary processes
  • Aspects of investment policies
  • Effectivity, productivity, efficiency
  • Overview of quality assurance issues
  • Analysis and requirement specification for human labour
  • Maintenance issues
  • Cost calculation
  • Planning
  • Network planning
  • Budgetting and output evaluation
  • Business information
  • Personnel evaluation and reward systems
  • Inventory control
Course material:
Syllabus bb4 vol.1 + vol.2
References from literature:
  • Burbidge J.L., Production flow analyzis for planning group technology, Oxford Science Publ. , 1989
  • Wild Ray, Production and operations management, Cassell Education Ltd, 1994
  • Warnecke H.J., The Fractal Company, Springer-Verlag, 1993
  • Mc Neill Stencill J., When there is cash in cashflow, Harvard Business Review, 1987
  • Jurau J.M., Jurau on quality by design, The Free Press, 1992
  • Lockyer K., Gordon J., Critical path analysis & other network techniques, Pitman, 1991
  • Argyris, Chris, On organizational learning, Blackwell Publ. 1995
Remarks (specific information about assesment, entry requirements, etc.):
Other hours: 6 afternoons of case studies (optionally). assessment is multiple choice
Goals:
This course is designed to deepen and widen the insight in operations management and to review the internal organization against external requirements. Students must be able to recognize relevant technological, economical and social aspects in order to indicate subjects for investigation. Also they must be able to trace there own position as an engineer and the role of technology.
When re-engineering the processes, he or she should be aware which aspects have to be integrated into a design or have to be part of a redesign project.
Computer use:
Laboratory project(s):
Design content:
Eighty percent of the course is dedicated to redesign of processes.
Percentage of design: 80%