IEN-582, Industrial Engineering and Lean Enterprise

2001 Catalog Data: IEN-582, Industrial Engineering and Lean Enterprise

Credits: (4-0-4)

Course Description: This course relates IE concepts to lean enterprise and engineering management for the students with no IE background and covers the tools and techniques to plan for output needs, to analyze, design, and implement a lean process, and to evaluate the process and pursue continuous improvement. It includes subjects from job design, human machine interface design, and ergonomic and human factors of product design to plant layout and material handling as well as pull manufacturing and lean manufacturing. The use of popular software packages is a major part of the course.

Prerequisites:  Senior I Standing.

Corequisites: None

Textbook:  To be determined.

Handout materials will supplement lectures and text reading assignments.

References:            To be determined.

Course Learning Objectives: The students will:

• Demonstrate ability to complete a group project (IE PEO 1).
• Identify key design variables and performance criteria commonly used to specify and evaluate material handling systems for discrete part manufacturing environments (IE PEOs 3, 4).
• Apply engineering design and evaluation process to evaluate material flow, handling methods, and containerization requirements (IE PEOs 3, 4).
• Apply contemporary production systems operating philosophies to specify and select a material handling systems that meets customer demand and competitive performance targets (IE PEOs 3, 4).
• Apply the fundamentals and concepts of lean manufacturing system design (IE PEO 3).
• Be able to describe and analyze work methods and processes in order to identify improvement opportunities (IE PEOs 3, 4).
• Be able to design a production system with associated work methods, part presentations, and visual controls (IE PEOs 2, 3, 4).
• Describe the relationship between product and process design (IE PEO 3).
• Introduce fundamentals and concepts of human factors and ergonomics (IE PEO 3).
• Identify the factors that influence human work performance and capabilities (IE PEO 3).
• Describe and be able to use tools and techniques of human factors and ergonomics (IE PEOs 3, 4).

Prerequisites by Topics: Topics covered in prerequisite courses.

Topics Covered:

• Classification of Productions Systems

• Quality systems and systems integration

• Applied job design

• Design of controls and displays

• Human machine interface design 

• Ergonomic and human factors of product design 

• Capacity and Lot-Sizing Decisions

• Plant Layout & Material Handling Design Process

• Material Handling Systems Equipment Selection Guidelines

• Fundamentals of Material Flow Analysis

• Fundamentals of Layout Planning & Design

• Pull manufacturing and lean manufacturing

Class Schedule: 240 minutes per week

Computer Usage: Popular software packages used in industry will be used to assist students in solving homework problems and projects.

Laboratory Projects: None

Relationship to Professional Component: Engineering Design: One credit hour, Engineering Science: Three credit hours.

Prepared by: David Clark                                                                     Date: February 18, 2001