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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Students will obtain knowledge and skill with tooling, machines and production operations common to manufacturing in the production of high quality products. These include turning, milling, drilling, welding, and punch presses. This course has a strong hands on approach with the instructor and student. Prerequisites: None.
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2.00 Credits
Students will learn how to communicate effectively in a manufacturing environment and work as a team in a production setting. Emphasis will be placed on recognizing and demonstrating key attributes that promote healthy interaction between management, production, office, and the customer base. Team member listening; honesty and integrity; responsibility; time management; importance of plant-wide communication; expressing ideas; conflict resolution; and safety issues in communication are some of the topics that will be explored. Students will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge acquired through a variety of in-class group activities as well as one-on-one assignments, designed to assess core competencies and demonstrated ability of the subject matter. Prerequisites: None.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide an introduction to Cellular Manufacturing Principles and Design. This course will provide information on such topics as: Introduction to Cellular Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Teambuilding, Theory of Constraints, Inventory Control, Cell Layout, Time and Motion Study, Setup Time Reduction, as well as in class projects related to these topics.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an overview of total quality systems and statistical process control. Total quality is a means for manufacturing to improve quality, productivity, and to maintain is competitive position. You will utilize flow charts, diagrams, pareto analysis, and other means analyzing and evaluating data such as SPC. You wil learn to identify quality characteristics derived frm vaiable and attribute data, the use of statistical rules for interpretation of control charts to analyze and recommend appropriate actions on factors affecting process variation.
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2.00 Credits
An introduction to management techniques as they relate to a production based company. Discussion of production planning systems, master scheduling techniques, capacity management/constraints, and inventory issues.
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2.00 Credits
Adopt Lean Manufacturing as a way to reduce costs, better satisfy customers, and increase profitability. In the process of becoming lean, companies must identify and prioritize the initiatives and projects they will undertake to become lean. This course outlines a discipline for identifying and planning Lean Manufacturing initiatives, including the selection of metrics by which to evaluate and track the results of the projects. It offers a methodolgy for linking the goals and metrics of a project or initiative to a company's strategic goals and metrics and provides the basis for tracking the effectiveness of implementation of lean initiatives. This course also emplores the interdependency of the Fiver Primary Elements: organization, metrics, logistics, manufacturing flow, and process control. This course also describes a proven, applied approach to creating a lean program using these elements. Prerequisites: None.
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2.00 Credits
This course presents the planning methods for implementation of Lean initiatives. Process planning through establishing operations and sequences, is supplemented by measurements of required work centers and operations. Detection and elimination of system waste is stressed, while improving on-time delivery and scheduling stability. A secondary objective consists of fulfilling a "train-the-trainer" role, in order to allow the student to train personnel at other facilities. Prerequisites: None.
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3.00 Credits
Students will learn how to facilitate teams in a manufacturing environment through empowering the workforce. Students will learn how to form teams and implement ground rules, lead team discussions and projects, set goals and objectives, facilitate change, empower their teammates and fellow workers to continuously improve their work processes, complete hands-on projects in their working environment, learn how to use metrics to document their project results, and how to do team presentations for their co-workers and management personnel.
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2.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to employee development emphasizing responsibilities of a new supervisor: organizational structures, employee motivation, delegation of authority, interviews, orientation of new employees, employee performance evaluations, managing employee conflict. Prerequisites: None.
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2.00 Credits
This course covers various computer applications used to support manufacturing activities including maintenance, scheduling, project management, bill of materials generation, and data analysis. Spreadsheet and database management applications will be used for data analysis and the creation of graphs and charts. Students will use computer applications for project management to create Gantt charts, schedule resources and plan preventative maintenance tasks. Prerequisite: None.
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