Industrial Engineering and Management

OPTIMIZATION OF PROCESSES AND OPERATIONS

General Data

Type of credits: ECTS
Number of credits: 5.00
Status: Mandatory
Type: Course
Academic Year:
Term:
Languages: English, Portuguese
Available for Mobility Students: No
Restricted to alliance: No
Code: Sin codigo

Coordination

Description

Theory/Practice
2

Laboratory
2


 

Instructors

João Bastos


 

Contents

CP01 - The Lean-Six Sigma
CP02 - Modern Production Science
CP03 - Fundamentals of Production Systems Dynamics
CP04 - Analysis of Variability in Production Systems
CP05 - Push/Pull Systems


 

Learning Outcomes

Provide students with knowledge and skills to optimize processes and operations through Lean and Six Sigma methodologies:

OB1 - Understand the Advantages of Lean Integration with Six Sigma;
OB2 - Understand the dynamics of complex production systems;
OB3 - Know how to identify the sources of variability in the production systems;
OB4 - Understand and know how to use Push / Pull systems.