Entry requirements

General entry requirements and Physics 2, Chemistry 1, Mathematics 4/Mathematics E

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, students should be able to:

• summarise important milestones in the development of industrial production systems,
• describe the production philosophies prominent today and describe the differences and similarities between them,
• describe how the "Industry 4.0" paradigm is influencing the development of industrial production systems,
• explain how production philosophies can contribute to more efficient use of advanced data analysis, simulation and optimisation tools,
• explain how advanced data analysis, simulation and optimisation tools can contribute to successful implementation of production philosophies in an organisation.

Content

Developments from the first industrial revolution to today's Industry 4.0 and service production. Historical background to modern production and how Scientific Management (Taylorism) came to create the basis of today's prominent production philosophies Lean, Six Sigma and Theory of Constraints. Mechanisms used by the different production philosophies to support operational strategic improvement processes and how Industry 4.0 and servitisation are taking over in this endeavour to develop the production systems of the future.

Instruction

Lectures, seminars and supervision of group assignment.

Assessment

Oral and written presentation of assignments (2 credits) and active participation in seminars (3 credits).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding targeted pedagogical support from the university's disability coordinator.