ME50368: Manufacturing and developing products and services
[Page last updated: 04 August 2021]
| Academic Year: | 2021/2 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits: | 9 [equivalent to 18 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 180 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 50%, EX 50% |
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| Description: | Aims: The aim of this unit is to provide a solid grounding in product and service development, including emerging manufacturing technologies and best practice management techniques. The aim is to equip students with some key skills they need to make a success of any career which involves product and service development. Learning Outcomes: After successfully completing this unit, students will be able to: * Outline contemporary challenges facing industry in relation to product manufacturing, product and service development. * Critically evaluate product development approaches and be able to lead activities to improve process efficiency, cost, lead time or productivity. * Apply a suitable theoretical model of product and service development to a contemporary example, providing appropriate critique. * Give an overview of current and emerging technologies, methodologies, processes and tools and how they affect manufacturing, product and service development. * Describe the process of manufacturing and how it varies according to product type, market size, organisational complexity and other relevant contextual dimensions. Skills: * Communication skills (written and presentation) [F,A] * Research and analysis of a company's product, manufacturing and service strategies, approaches and technologies [T,A] * Application of concepts, models and tools to contemporary practice [T,A] * Engaging critically with engineering and manufacturing principles and theoretical models [T,F,A] * Applying self-direction and originality in tackling and solving engineering management problems [F,A]. Content: * Strategy for international product and service development * Product Development project portfolio and pipeline management * Models of product and service development from early phase development through to product launch and lifecycle management * Current and Emerging technologies, trends and processes in product and service development including manufacturing * Tools and procedures for the analysis and management of manufacturing processes. |
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ME50368 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Mechanical Engineering
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