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ME50362: Manufacturing and developing products and services

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 12      [equivalent to 24 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 240
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CW 50%, EX 50%
Assessment Detail:
  • Coursework 3 (CW 50%)
  • Coursework / Exam (dependent on failed component)component) (EX 50%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
The aim of this unit is to provide a solid grounding in product and service development, including emerging manufacturing technologies and best practice management techniques. The aim is to equip students with some key skills they need to make a success of any career which involves product and service development.

Learning Outcomes:
After successfully completing this unit, students will be able to:
* Outline contemporary political, economic and social drivers and trends that affect manufacturing, product and service development.
* Describe the process of manufacturing and how it varies according to product type, market size, organisational complexity and other relevant contextual dimensions.
* Apply a suitable theoretical model of product and service development to a contemporary example, providing appropriate critique.
* Give an overview of current and emerging technologies and how they affect manufacturing, product and service development.
* Provide in depth critique and research of a selected area of technology and/or management relevant to the unit.

Skills:

* Communication skills (written) [F,A]
* Â鶹´«Ã½ and analysis of an emerging technology [T,A]
* Application of concepts, models and tools to contemporary practice[T,A]
* Engaging critically with scientific principles and theoretical models [T,F,A]
* Applying self-direction and originality in tackling and solving engineering management problems, including those with a social or ethical dimension [F,A]

Content:

* Strategy for international product and service development
* Tools and procedures for the analysis and management of manufacturing processes
* Models of product and service development
* Emerging technologies, trends and processes in product and service development including manufacturing
* Analysis of contemporary case studies.
Programme availability:

ME50362 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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