Kunskapsförmedlingen Peter Almström
Docent
3 credits
Start date:
17 January 2022
University: Chalmers University of Technology
Target group: PhD Student, Industry
The last day of application has already passed.
Manual work affects virtually all times used in industry, even if machines are producing the goods, people are needed to keep the machines running. The importance of these manual activities is often neglected, for example set-up time is often regarded as a constant for a specific machine regardless product type changed to or from.
At least four participants are needed to run the course.
Aim
The course aims to give an insight into the area of work study and what is required to determine correct times for manual activities. Advanced digital decision support requires accurate data for all resources in the production system. Manual work activities have been neglected for a long time and available data is generally of very low quality.
Intended learning outcomes
After completion of the course the course participant should be able to
Course organisation
The course is based on three physical class room sessions where the work analysis methods are taught hands on. These sessions are spread over a period of 6 weeks and the student is expected to work halftime with this course during the period. Before each session there will be compulsory reading. The course will be examined by three individual assignments.
Examination
A successful completion of this course will be judged on individual hand-in assignments about application of the methods studied in the course.
Literature
Maynard’s Industrial Engineering Handbook
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