12907 (v.3) Design For Manufacturing 431

Area:	Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	308812 (v.1) Industrial Technology 342 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Manufacturing matters; introduction of classifications of manufacturing systems; the product life cycle; flexible manufacturing and its impact on competitive strategy; simulation and modelling software; material requirement planning (MRP) and just in time (JIT); outsourcing; lean manufacturing; concurrent engineering (CE); product design for assisting manufacturing; product assembly; the strategic importance of innovation; product design for manufacturing; value analysis of a products; product economical design; types and characteristics of assembly methods; product design for assembly (DFA); methods for evaluating and improving product DFA; environmentally conscious manufacturing; waste management; design for disposal; pollution control legislation; computer-integrated manufacture (CIM); group technology (GT); computer-aided process planning (CAPP); Product labour cost analysis; equipment and material cost analysis; design and engineering cost; overhead cost; quality in manufacturing; control of design quality; quality control techniques; variable control charts; six sigma concept; what are the quality costs; the future of manufacturing; intelligent machines; security in e-manufacturing.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	030703 Industrial Engineering
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Essential *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2008	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External