Learning Partnerships, Unit Catalogue 2008/09 |
AS20248 21st century manufacturing |
| Credits: 5 |
| Level: Intermediate |
| Semester: 1 at Swindon College |
| Semester: 2 at Swindon College |
| Assessment: CW 100% |
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Aims: The aims of this unit are to:
* investigate lean manufacture; * investigate process improvement techniques; * use the techniques of value engineering. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit students should be able to: * describe the principles of lean manufacturing; * describe and apply the principal process improvement techniques; * design products using value analysis engineering. Skills: During this unit students should gain the following skills: Intellectual * gathering, processing and analysing technical information (A) * formulating outcomes (A) Professional * making written and verbal presentations (A) * using design techniques (F,A) Practical * developing identification and observational skills to maintain records and contribute to reports (T,A) * using value engineering techniques (F,A) Key * writing reports (A) Content: This unit concentrates on: * elimination of waste, total quality, just in time (JIT) manufacture; * sustainability, total productive maintenance (TPM), single minute exchange of dies (SMED), production cell arrangement (U shaped layout); * continuous improvement (Poke yoke, Kaizan, Schonberger's 17 points for world class manufacturing); * value engineering techniques, function value analysis and function cost analysis, design for manufacture; * design for manufacture and assembly. |