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Thursday, 19 August 2004 06:11 |
Productivity EngineeringThe primary objective is to provide an overview of "Productivity Engineering", which is concerned with the design, development, and maintenance of productivity measurement, evaluation, planning, and improvement systems in manufacturing and service organizations. A secondary objective is to provide an opportunity for students to develop a concentrated knowledge-base in an area of "productivity engineering" from a practical perspective.
Course Content
Basic definitions of partial, total-factor, and total productivity. Importance of some factors affecting productivity. The Productivity Cycle. Traditional versus total productivity emphasis at company level and operational unit level. Cost Accounting Concepts and Methods. The TPM~ and its implementation, Types of productivity evaluation and productivity planning. Overview of more than 70 productivity improvement techniques. Organizing a Formal Productivity Management Process in a Company/organization, and obstacles to be overcome.
Required Texts:
- Productivity Engineering and Management by David. J. Sumanth, McGraw-Hill College Custom Series Publishing, New York (ISBN# 07-062572-7), 1994.
- Productivity Management Guide by David J. Sumanth and Johnson A Edosom wan, McGraw-HiIl College Ctistorn Series Publishing, New York (ISBN# 07-063323-1), 1996
Supplemental/Reference Text:
Cost Estimation by Philip Ostwaid, Prentice-Hail, 1992.
Method of Evaluation
Homework and case studies will be regularly assigned, and will be presented/discussed in the class. Exams will be given during the semester Also, a Productivity Engineering project will be the basis to evaluate individual and/or group effort of a practical nature, relevant to the course.
Course Modules
Module Topics/Activities
Al. Basic Concepts
The Basic Definitions of Productivity
Misconceptions
Problems with labor productivity concept
Productivity Value & Index Deflator Concept
The Productivity Cycle
"Productivity Engineering ", andProductivity Management
Industrial Engineers and "Productivity Engineers"
Prody. education in the U.S., and other countries
HW#l: Productivity awareness survey A2. The Systemic Perspective
Functional versus " Product" and "customer" emphasis Dimensions of competitiveness
The Barry study and its implications on current managerial concepts
The importance of quality in "Total Productivity"
Video: Tom Peters "Passion for Customers"
HW#2: Summary of the 5 companies, and the principles practiced by them AA 1. The Basics of Cost Accountin2 Handout/Notes
Direct costs, Indirect costs
Depreciation methods
Job-order costing and process costing
HW#3: Problems on SOC and/or PC
AA 2. Allocation of Costs from Overhead Handout/Notes
Allocation criteria
Under-absorbed and over-absorbed Oki costs
HW#4: Problems in handout A3. Activity-Based Costing Handout/Notes
Traditional vs. ABC
Example
HW#5: Problem in handout A4. Dr Sumanth?s TPM@ Ch .8 (PEM)
"Basic TPM" pp 179-230
Case studies
HW# 6: "Level 1 - Level 4 Analysis" for case studies ( 2,4,6,8, or 12) | | |
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