The range of manufacturing activities will be reviewed. Covered will be the history of manufacturing, manufacturing systems, overhead organizations, and the role of manufacturing technologies. Management of people and organizations will be considered as well as concepts for planning and forecasting. It covers time and motion studies, work measurement, ergonomics, route sheets, plant layout, site selection, equipment selection, MRP, JIT, etc. Scheduling techniques will be covered along with material control techniques.
People are the key resources and their effective use is critical to a successful operation.
As companies move to become high performance organizations, traditional management tools and techniques have to be reviewed and reconsidered. Skills covered include motivation, developing consensus, conflict avoidance and negotiations. Group dynamics along with handling of individual workers is critical. Metrology coverage includes electrical, mechanical and chemical systems. SPC, ISO, QS, TQM, MilSpecs, C Mark, Etc. will be covered.