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ML2300 Sustainable Production 9.0 credits

Course memo Autumn 2024-50562

Version 1 – 06/11/2024, 12:38:22 PM

Course offering

TITHM (Start date 26 Aug 2024, English)

Language Of Instruction

English

Offered By

ITM/Production Engineering Södertälje

Course memo Autumn 2024

Headings denoted with an asterisk ( * ) is retrieved from the course syllabus version Autumn 2019

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

  • Dynamics in value creation and sustainability
  • Theory and practice of sustainable production
  • Planning, operation and evaluation of sustainable production system
  • Environmentally conscious process design
  • Relation between the product, the production and the supply chains for sustainable production
  • Selected subjects in sustainable production: Production Management for sustainable Production/ T he role of logistics in sustainable production/ Industrial operational reliability and robustness for sustainable production/The relation between production and circular economy: Material flow and energy flow

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the students should be able to:

  • describe how the different subject areas production management, production logistics and industrial operational reliability relate to sustainable production development
  • account for motives, driving forces and obstacles for sustainable production
  • explain and analyse the sustainable production system where environmental aspects and other sustainability aspects have connections to the system components and relations
  • evaluate, analyse and compare alternatives for development of production, considering economic, environmental and social sustainability, based on established methods and tools
  • relate a sustainable production to sustainability aspects regarding product supply chains and transport
  • discuss the role of production for an increased life-cycle perspective and circular material and energy flows

Preparations before course start

Literature

Uppgift om kurslitteratur meddelas i kurs-PM.

Examination and completion

Grading scale

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

Examination

  • INL1 - Assignment, 3.0 credits, Grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • TEN1 - Written exam, 3.0 credits, Grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • ÖVN1 - Exercises, 3.0 credits, Grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

The section below is not retrieved from the course syllabus:

Assignment ( INL1 )

Written exam ( TEN1 )

Exercises ( ÖVN1 )

Other requirements for final grade

Attendance at specified compulsory course dates (or completed compensation assignment to these) are requirements for final grading.

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

No information inserted

Round Facts

Start date

26 Aug 2024

Course offering

  • TITHM Autumn 2024-50562

Language Of Instruction

English

Offered By

ITM/Production Engineering Södertälje

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