Sep 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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ETM 4620 - Operations and Production Capstone
Capstone course requiring student teams to use knowledge from previous technical and business courses to develop a manufacturing operations plan for a product. Includes production planning and control, resource planning, product cost considerations, facilities planning, and tooling design and construction. Eperience current concepts of enterprise-wide computer integrated manufacturing, manufacturing control systems, and new product development. Emphasis will be placed on team work, computerized production documentation, supply chain execution systems, lean manufacturing, integration and optimization of all business technical functions, operations within a manufacturing enterprise, and product development. Lab activities include the implementation of the above plan including tool build, plant layout, and actual production of parts and product.
Requisites: ETM (3010 or 102) and (3630 or 363) and (3510 or (IT 216 and ETM 351) and Sr only and advanced standing in ETM and WARNING: No credit for this course if the following is taken (keeps credit for the following course, as defined by department): ETM 4621
Credit Hours: 5
OHIO BRICKS Capstone: Capstone or Culminating Experience
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture, 4.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Apply engineering fundamentals such as math, science, statistics to the design of a product.
- Apply the principles and process of quality assurance as well as the statistical process control tools to manage a high quality manufacturing enterprise.
- Be knowledgeable about Contemporary Integrated Manufacturing.
- Conceptualize, create and manufacture a product in a factory setting.
- Create a product prototype and beginning documentation (Drawings, BOM, Item Master, Costing, Product Structures).
- Demonstrate mastery of manufacturing materials and processes as well as manufacturing systems in the design of a complete manufacturing plan to produce a product at medium volume levels.
- Have a basic understanding of Lean Enterprise Systems.
- Understand the function of inventory management, master schedules, and ERP, systems.
- Understand Operations Management principles.
- Understand high performance team environments.
- Understand the functional areas of a manufacturing organization and the flow of information/data.
- Gain experience working with little supervision, to high expectations, and to tight deadlines. Being accountable to the team and the professor.
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