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ME52049: Developing and manufacturing products and services

[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 200
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CWRI 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Business Report (CWRI 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the contemporary challenges, opportunities and approaches in product and service development. 2. Critically evaluate product and service development approaches considering an organisation's innovation strategy. 3. Explain key manufacturing technologies and be able to critically evaluate and apply manufacturing strategies. 4. Formulate improvement initiatives in product development processes affecting issues such as efficiency, cost and time. 5. Apply key managerial tools and theories to real-life engineering and technology management challenges.


Synopsis: Learn how industrial and technology companies develop new products and services including the latest development concepts, tools techniques and practical case studies.' You'll work on a real example in teams ' simulating taking a product concept from innovation strategy through development, manufacturing and into commercial launch.

Content: Overview of Product Development in Industry Product-Innovation Strategies Product portfolio and project pipeline Management Early phase Development & Technology Management Concurrent Engineering - teams, processes and techniques Agile, Systems and Lean approaches to developing products Manufacturing Strategies & Technologies Service Product Development

Course availability:

ME52049 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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