MG2029 Production Engineering - Planning and Control 6.0 credits

• Educational level

  Second cycle

• Academic level (A-D)

  D

• Subject area

• Grade scale

  A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

• Course page on KTH Social

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course requirements, the student will be able to:        

• Describe the basics of Lean Production
• Describe the tools and methods used to implement Lean Production
• Use a number of these tools and methods in evaluation and design of lean production systems
• Based on practical cases, suggest system solutions that eliminate waste
• Give layout suggestions for different kinds of production systems
• Compare different kinds of layouts
• Calculate efficiency and optimal order and batch sizes in different production situations
• Use methods for planning and scheduling of machining and assembly

Course main content

Layout types, materials flow, materials and production control, production economics. 

Lean production; Efficient production, TPS - Toyota Production System, customer value, QFD - Quality Function Deployment, value flow analysis, one-piece-flow, pull systems, continuous flow, set-up time, JIT - Just-In-Time, kanban control, customer order production, kaizen, 5S, waste elimination. 

The Production Game, the Lean Game.

Efficiency measurements, production follow up, utilisation planning, TPM – Total Productive Maintenance. Materials planning and control, production planning, materials planning, resource planning, materials requirements planning, batch size dimensioning, TOC – Theory of Constraints

Eligibility

Compulsory for CMAST4 PRM, CDEPR4 PRM, TPRMM1, TPRPM

Elective for CMAST4, CDEPR4 who have taken:

MG1001 Manufacturing and
MG1024 Production

or

MG1006 Design and Product Realization - Manufacturing 

or equivalent

including documented proficiency in Swedish B and English B or equivalent

Prerequisites

MG1001 Manufacturing and
MG1024 Production
or
MG1006 Design and Product Realization - Manufacturing

Literature

Olhager, J. Produktionsekonomi, Studentlitteratur (2000), ISBN 91-44-0074-8 (In Swedish)

 Liker, J.K. The Toyota Way, McGraw-Hill (2004), ISBN 0-07-139231-9 

Philips, J.P. Manufacturing plant layout, SME (1997), ISBN 0-87263-484-1

Examination

• INL1 - Assignment, 3.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
• TEN1 - Examination, 3.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Requirements for final grade

Assignments (INL1, 3cr)

Written Examination (TEN1, 3cr)

Offered by

ITM/Production Engineering

Contact

Hakan Akillioglu, haaki@kth.se

Examiner

Mauro A Onori <onori@kth.se>

Add-on studies

MG2130 Modelling and Simulation Industrial Processes
MG2027 Project course Production Engineering

Version

Course plan valid from: Autumn 11.
Examination information valid from: Autumn 07.