Introduction to Introduction to Engineering Management Engineering Management and Accounting Systemsand Accounting Systems

Professor Kit Professor Kit FaiFai

PunPunFaculty of Engineering, UWI

Course Outline (EM Sessions)Course Outline (EM Sessions)

• About the Course Lecturer• Course Descriptions and Objectives

• Schedule of Lecture Sessions(Tentative)

• Assessments• Recommended Reading

About the Course

Lecturer (EM)Lecturer (EM)

Kit Fai PUNMPhil, PhD, CEng, Eur Ing, CPEng,

RPE, REng, FIET, FIEAust, FHKIE, FHKSQ

Professor of Industrial EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering,

Faculty of Engineering,The University of the West Indies,

St Augustine Campus,Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies.

Telephone: (868) 662-2002 Exts-2068/2069Fax: (868) 662-4414

E-mail: KitFai.Pun@sta.uwi.edu

Professional Office• The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

The IEEE Trinidad and Tobago Section (Region 9)1) Chairman, The Engineering Management Society

Chapter (2003-2007) 2) Chairman, The Technology Management Council

(2008-)

• The Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago (APETT)

3) Chairman, The Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Division (2004-2009)

Course Description and Objectives

Course Objectives• Provide engineering students with a working

understanding of the foundation elements of successful planning, operation and control of industries and businesses.

• Prepare them for the work environment with the expertise for effective management in the engineering profession.

• Appreciate the workplace and social environments within which engineers work as part to their professional responsibility.

Component Descriptions (EM Sessions)

• Introduction to Engineering Management.

• EM Cases and a Workshop incorporating concepts and applications of:

1) Production/Operations and Logistics2) Marketing and Quality Management3) Demand Forecasting and Analysis 4) Project and Team Dynamics

Schedule and Assessment

Schedule of EM Lectures

10/11 Engineering Management and Production/Operations Functions

17/11 Engineering Management and Marketing Functions

24/11 Forecasting Customer Needs: Tools and Techniques

01/12 Paplane II Workshop - Project and Team Dynamics, Product Design, Production Operations, Logistics and Quality Management

Component Assessments

1. Continuous Assessment : 20%(including tutorial exercises, and a Workshop)

2. One Examination Question : 10%

Coursework 1: Analysis of P/O

System

Descriptions

Descriptions• Use the Structured Analysis and Design

Technique (SADT) to analyse three products or services that are produced via jobbing, batch and flow production/operations systems, respectively and/or vice versa (For detail, see Tutorial Sheet 1).

• Bring in Input, Output, Control and Mechanism elements that would apply in different stages of the production process for these products/ services.

Submission Requirements

• Submit a group report of investigation on/before 17 November 2010 (Wednesday)

• Contributions to Final Marks: 5 out of 20

Coursework 2: Paplane II Workshop

Descriptions

• You are asked to design three types of paper planes and produce them as many as possible to maximise profits.

• The project stresses teamwork, creativity, cooperation and coordination, and more importantly, the application of EM concepts and practices in a competitive environment.

Different Phases • Formation of Teams• Design and Prototyping • Bidding and Contracting• Purchasing

• Production• Testing and Contract Fulfillment • Profit Calculation and Report Submission

Time Schedule and SubmissionsDate Stages Descriptions and Submissions*

10 Nov (wk10)

1 Formation of Project Teams

17 Nov (wk11)24 Nov (wk12)

2 Submission of Draft Designs for three types of plane

3,4 Submission of Detailed Drawings and Material Plan

Submission of Open Bidding Documents (and preparation for the Close Bids)

1 Dec (wk13)

5,6 Submission of Materials Acquisitions, Prototypes and other Documents

Production and Testing of Planes, Profit Calculations and Evaluation

3 Dec (Friday)

7 Submission of Final Report (including individual files)

Requirements

• This project (including the design, making and testing of paper planes, project presentations, and submission of reports) constitutes 15 marks of the coursework.

• Submit a group report (together with individual files) by Friday 3 December 2010.

Recommended Reading

Recommended Reading1. Chopra, S. and Meindle, P (2004), Supply Chain

Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall

2. Heizer, J. and Render, B. (2006), Operations Management, 8th edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

3. Hutt, M.D. and Speh, T.W. (2008), Business Marketing Management: A Strategic View of Industrial and Organisational Markets, 9th edition, South-Western Thomson Learning, Australia

4. Mazda, F. (1998), Engineering Management, Addison Wesley

5. Stevenson, W.J. (2004), Production/Operations Management, Irwin, Chicago