In the third term, the courses proposed consist of four subjects directly related to work systems design: Work Station Design, Productivity and Safety Device Design, Production and Inventory System Design, and Office and Knowledge Work Study. Economic Analysis for Industrial Engineering – II will contain the discussion of financial accounting, cost accounting and cost estimating. Industrial engineers require good amount of financial accounting and cost accounting knowledge to gather the information they need for determining the present cost of a production process, for estimating the cost of an improved design, and for post-verification of their implemented designs. Information Systems for Industrial Engineering is a subject to discuss the utilization of the power of modern information technology in developing and maintaining the data bases required for work systems design, in doing various calculations that follow time studies etc. The curriculum is proposing a subject with full focus on requirements of the Industrial Engineering function.
Third Term
Work Station Design
Economic Analysis for Industrial Engineering - II
Productivity and Safety Device Design
Production and Inventory System Design
Office and Knowledge Work Study
Information systems for Industrial Engineering
Laboratory/Project Work
Work Station Design
Production and Safety Device Design
Interpersonal Skills – Interacting with Subjects of Studies
Work Station Design
This subject has to focus on micro aspect of work systems design. Design of work station for a single operator is the lowest level. Design of workstations for group working as well as even design of assembly line can be taken up in this course. The emphasis has to be on the actual design of the work station that includes the production equipment, tools positioning, and movements of the operator. The course offers scope for case discussion methodology. Designs of a work station for a machine tool, assembly work station, work station of a software coder, work station of a cashier in a bank, work station of a truck driver, computer engineer, and work station of an air craft pilot etc. are examples for developing case studies and design problems.
Economic Analysis for Industrial Engineering - II
This subject’s content has to focus on financial accounting, cost accounting and cost estimating. These topics are discussed as chapters in some of the engineering economy texts. This course has to integrate these chapters with more details from financial accounting, cost accounting, and cost estimating texts. It is important that these courses are handled by teachers, who have industrial engineering background and advanced qualification in engineering economics and accounting areas.
Productivity and Safety Device Design
Industrial Engineers design systems of man, machine and material. Somehow, industrial engineering curriculums neglected technology side of industrial engineering. There is no significant invention from the industrial engineering profession in the recent days. The reason is that the profession has not made any worthwhile attempt in that direction. While productivity device may be a new idea, safety device is an old idea. This course will provide the design principles that help in designing various items that an operator uses in operating the machines that will improve productivity and safety.
Production and Inventory System Design
To integrate man, machine and material, industrial engineers have to develop the plans for machines (equipment selection - involves technical and economic decisions) and plans for material storage at raw material stage, work in process stage and finished goods stage and plans for material handling facilities. In planning these, they have to work in close cooperation with production/process engineering department. The course has to cover capacity planning, selection of machines, determination of maximum and minimum inventory to be stored at various stages, storage equipment and space and selection of material handling equipment. This course has a significant technology component. This course should help learners to refresh their knowledge of machines and material handling equipment and also to acquire knowledge about fresh offerings of various machine tool and machine manufacturers and material handling equipment firms.
Office and Knowledge Work Study
Industrial engineering profession has done some significant work in this field. Knowledge work is increasing day by day in comparison to physical work in all countries. This subject will discuss the state of industrial engineering practice in this area.
Information systems for Industrial Engineering
Industrial engineering as a design discipline is based on data. A number of studies are done by industrial engineers and these studies can be extrapolated to many other situations with appropriate adjustments. Hence information systems are essential and this subject provides inputs in the area of information systems in general and then about specific applications in industrial engineering function.
Laboratory/Project Work
Work Station Design
Production and Safety Device Design
Interpersonal Skills – Interacting with Subjects of Studies
Work Station Design and Production and Safety Device Design subjects must have projects which result in tangible output. Industrial Engineering departments and institutes should hold an annual exhibition of the projects carried out by their students. Such exhibitions motivate the students to put more effort into the project and also act as knowledge transfer mechanisms between institutes and industry. Even faculty developed designs and devices can be exhibited in such events.
Interpersonal Skills laboratory will help learners to pick skills in dealing with subjects of their industrial engineering studies. This will help them in their studies in summer projects.
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