Coursecode: mt712
Coursename: Yard lay-out, organisation and control of unique manufacturing

DUT creditpoints: 1, 2 (see ‘course information’)
ECTS creditpoints:

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology
Lecturer(s): Hengst, prof. ir. S.

Tel.: 015-278 5306
Catalog data:
Characteristics of single production, internal and external companyfactors, marketfactors, strategic planning, budgetting, operational research, production optimation, problem analysis, quality management.		 Course year: M. Sc 1
Period: 0/0/0/3/0
Hours p/w: 3
Other hours:-
Assessment: Essay + presentation
Assessm.period(s):
(see academic calendar)
Prerequisites:
Follow up: mt713, mt714
Detailed description of topics:

Method:

  • Studying literature about theorie and practise in shipbuilding, project management and specific applications in the maritime industry.
  • Doing research and writing an essay in a team.
  • Applying the theories found in literature.
  • Evaluating theoretical models considering common practice.

Course information:

Six fields of interest are offered in this course. They are all directly related to the subject ‘management in unique manufacturing’. The student will be requisted to make a selection.

Fields of interests are:

  • Planning and organisation
  • Internal and external companyfactors
  • Finance, accountancy and economics
  • Quality management
  • Maintainance
  • Transport, logistics and operations research

Within these six area’s the student is free to choose a subject. The research is executed with the common practise of a shipyard or reparationsyard in mind. Creditpoints are rewarded after writing an essay and doing a presentation about the chosen subject.

Chosen subject are investigated against the background of maritime orientated company. It is important to point out the importance of the subject for a shipyard / reparationyard.
Course material:
  • "Een boekje over bedrijfskundige methodologie"; Management van onderzoek Prof.dr.ir. A.C.J. de Leeuw.
  • Ship Production
  • Kaizen, Imaki Masai
  • Produceren door informeren. Th.M.J. van Rijn.
  • Produktie management H. Botter
  • ISO-9000 t/m 9004.
References from literature:
  • "The journal of Ship Production"
  • Books about "Production and Operations Management"
  • Management., P. Drucker
  • Russell en Taylor. "Production & Operations Management". (1995, Prentice-Hall, Inc. / ISBN 0-205-14733-X).
  • Storch, Hammon en Bunch. "Ship Production Work" (1988 Cornell Maritime Press, Inc. / ISBN 0-87033-357-7).
  • Books about "Quality Assurance" and "Total Quality Management"
Remarks (specific information about assesment, entry requirements, etc.):
A project is carried out in a small team of 2 or 3 students. Most of the time case-studies from the industrie are the basis for the subjects. Therefore a project is often carried out at a shipyard.
Goals:
  • To obtain knowledge and insight in the production processes in shipbuilding and shiprepair and how these processes are affected.
  • To obtain insight in the organisation of a shipyard.
  • To determain which factors affect productivity.
Computer use: General computer applications.
Laboratory project(s): See ‘Remarks’
Design content:
Percentage of design: