EG5301:03
Operations and Quality Management
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
26 hours lectures, 13 hours tutorials. Two week vacation block mode. Semester 1 or 2.
Available to students enrolled in the Master of Engineering Management course and to other students at the discretion of the Head of School of Engineering.
Plant location and facilities layout; materials requirements planning and inventory management; production scheduling; emerging production technologies; quality management and statistical quality control; applications.
Learning Objectives:
- to learn the tools and techniques of operations and production planning and management;
- to appreciate the importance of factors crucial to decisions on location and layout;
- to become familiar with the emerging computer-based technologies in production;
- to understand the principles of correctly managing production systems;
- success factors in the design and management of quality systems.
On-course assessment including seminar (20%); assignments (40%); project reports (40%).