DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: I SY E 315 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify suitable analysis techniques to investigate processes related to manufacturing, planning, engineering or office operations within a manufacturing firm Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Perform analysis to describe, predict and analyze behavior of a manufacturing system to meet desired managerial and economic objectives for a real-world or realistic manufacturing systems improvement project/case study Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Develop recommendations that will improve manufacturing system performance (e.g. reduce flow time, increase throughput) Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Collaborate effectively in teams to develop solutions to engineering problems and communicate findings effectively Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Reflect on personal strengths and weaknesses with respect to team leadership and project management Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify suitable analysis techniques to investigate processes related to manufacturing, planning, engineering or office operations within a manufacturing firm Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Perform analysis to describe, predict and analyze behavior of a manufacturing system to meet desired managerial and economic objectives for a real-world or realistic manufacturing systems improvement project/case study Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Develop recommendations that will improve manufacturing system performance (e.g. reduce flow time, increase throughput) Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Collaborate effectively in teams to develop solutions to engineering problems and communicate findings effectively Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Reflect on personal strengths and weaknesses with respect to team leadership and project management Audience: Graduate