Description

Theory
2

Laboratory
2

Instructors

Manuel Silva

Contents

1 Process - Concepts and Fundamentals
.1 Planning of the manufacturing process
.2 Comprehensive representation of the process
.3 Performance characteristics of a process
.4 Decomposition of the total duration of the process

2 Motion Analysis and Work Simplification
.1 Definition of manufacturing system
.2 Optimization of the product and process layouts
.3 Principle of the systematic doubt
.4 Steps of the motion analysis
.5 Graphs and diagrams
.6 Methods and movements in the workplace

3 Work Time Analysis
.1 Standardization of work
.2 Methods of work measurement
.3 Study of time by timing and by sampling
.4 Problems encountered in the work measuring

4 Modeling and Simulation of Industrial Processes Using FlexSim

Learning Outcomes

OB1. This course has the objective of training students in the principles involved in the study of work methods and in the measurement of operations, aiming to fill the above mentioned gaps in future MEEC ? ISEP graduates, giving them the skills to enable them to identify the main problems related to work organization, to promote the work organization improvement and the tools to perform a proper measurement of time associated with the work.

OB2. Nonetheless, aspects related to production lines balancing and some of the current so-called ?modern? approaches associated with the organization of industrial processes are also addressed.

OB3. It is intended to make the students familiar with the terminology involved in the area of motion and time analysis and create on them a knowledge base that allows the identification of possible problems that may exist in a specific industrial operation and also the possible improvements that may be conducted, bearing in mind the possible advantages and disadvantages that may exist.

OB4. It is also an objective of this course to supply tools that may help the study of the work.