DESIGN FOR MASS PRODUCTION
ELE4DES
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This unit creates awareness of industry needs around issues in mass production, including operations management. As such it is structured in two main parts. The major part (70%) addresses electronic manufacturing processes, including product development, design for manufacturability (DFM), PCB manufacture and assembly, testing, SMT, ESD, EMC and the related standards, automation, JIT, TQM, management of processes, PCB design/CAD tools and value added manufacturing. The other part(30%) focuses on the operations management aspects of manufacturing, including organisation, strategy, economics/accounting, supply chain, TQM and other facets of effectively managing the manufacturing operation.
Faculty: Faculty of Science, Tech & Engineering
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: George Alexander
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Melbourne, 2014, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: George Alexander
Class requirements
Field Trip
One 1.0 days field trip per study period and delivered via face-to-face.
Lecture
One 1.0 hours lecture per week and delivered via face-to-face.
"Attendance at the one 1-hour lecture is required for the Operations Management component"
Lecture
One 3.0 hours lecture per week and delivered via face-to-face.
"Attendance at the one 3-hour lecture is required for the Manufacturing component."
Tutorial
Two 1.0 hours tutorial per week and delivered via face-to-face.
"One 1-hour tutorial is required for the Manufacturing component and One 1-hour turorial is required for the Operations Management component."
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| One 2.5-hour examination | 60 | |
| five assignments/quizzes for the manufacturing part (approx 200 words each) | 20 | |
| two assignments for the operations management part (500 words equivalent each) | 20 |