Manufacturing Operations, Models and Metrics. Automation and NC/CNC. Material Transport and storage systems. Manufacturing Systems: Single cell, Assembly line, Cellular Manufacturing and Flexible Manufacturing systems. Manufacturing Support Systems: CAD/CAM/CIM, Process planning, Production planning including material requirement planning, manufacturing resource planning, shop floor control, inventory control.<br/><br/>Manufacturing excellence: push/pull systems, pull control systems, JIT, TQM, simulation of manufacturing systems. -- Course Website
Instructor: Assoc Professor Raafat Ibrahim (Clayton); Professor S G Ponnambalam (Sunway)
Prerequisites: TRC2100, MEC2402
