CONCURRENT ENGINEERING AND VALUE ENGINEERING

Course objective
Concurrent engineering and value engineering aims to provide fundamental concept for production improvement utilizing concurrent and value engineering principles.


Course outline

  1. Concurrent Engineering (3 hours)
    1. Introduction
    2. Basic principles
    3. Components of CE models
    4. Benefits
    5. Co-operative concurrent teams
    6. Types of CE organizations

  2. Manufacturing Competitiveness (6 hours)
    1. Introduction
    2. Product and Services
    3. Process and Methodologies
    4. Performance, the need for change
    5. Sequential versus Concurrent Engineering

  3. Process Reengineering (3 hours)
    1. Managing changes
    2. Reengineering approaches
    3. Enterprise models

  4. System Engineering (4 hours)
    1. Introduction
    2. System Thinking
    3. System complexity
    4. System integration
    5. Angle Virtual company

  5. Concurrent Engineering Modeling (8 hours)
    1. Methodology,
    2. Types of Modeling
    3. Information Modeling.
    4. Concurrent Engineering Process Invariant Enterprise Model Class,
    5. Product Mode Class
    6. Cognitive Models
    7. Mathematical Modeling.

  6. Value engineeringm (9 hours)
    1. Process of product design through to the production of the best value design.
    2. Basic concept of value engineering and introduction to product design, design Process, Design method, Design considerations,
    3. Value engineering and Quality, Value engineering and productivity, value Engineering phase, Value Engineering Process.

  7. Reliability Engineering (12 hours)
    1. Concepts of Reliability, Failure of systems and its modes, Measure of Reliability, Reliability Function, Hazard Rate MTBF and their interrelations.
    2. Reliability Data Analysis: Data Sources, Data Collection, Use of Reliability data,
    3. Reliability Analysis, Performance Parameters, Calculation of Failure Rate,
    4. Application of Weibull distribution.
    5. System Reliability and Modeling: Series Systems, Parallel systems, Series Parallel systems, Time dependence, Reliability determination, Standby systems, r out of n configurations, Methods of tie set and cut sets of or reliability evaluation, Simulation and Reliability Prediction, Monte Carlo Method.
    6. Maintainability and Availability: Maintainability and its equation, Factors affecting maintainability, Measures of maintainability, Mean Down Time, intrinsic availability, equipment availability & Mission availability, Replacement Process and Policies
    7. Quality and Reliability, Measurement & Prediction of Human reliability, Reliability and safety, Safety margins in critical devices, Case studies.

References

  1. Prasad, Concurrent Engineering Fundamentals-. Integrated Product and process Organization Vol. 1 & 2, Prentice Hall Englewood, Cliffs, New Jersey 1996.
  2. Hartley R John, Concurrent Engineering – Shortening lead times, raising quality &Lowering costs, Productivity press, Portland, Oregon , 1992.
  3. DE & Baker BS, Concurrent Engineering-Carter The product development
  4. Environment for the 1990’s , Addison – Wesley Publishing Company, Reading MA 1992.
  5. Atkinson, R.L “Introduction to Psychology”, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc, 1983.
  6. Lawrence, D.M., “Techniques of Value Analysis and Engineering”, McGraw Hill, 1988.
  7. George, E.D, “Engineering Design: a Material and Processing Approach”, McGraw Hill, 1991.
  8. Heller, D.E, Value Management, Value Engineering and Cost Reduction, Addison Wesley, 1988
  9. Kavianan, Occupational and Environmental Safety Engineering and management , Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989.
  10. Hammer, Occupational Safety Management and Engineering, Prentice Hall International, 1989.

Evaluation Scheme
The Questions will cover all the chapters in the syllabus. The evaluation scheme will be as indicated in the table below:

Chapter

Hour

Mark Distribution*

1

3

6

2

6

12

3

3

6

4

4

8

5

8

12

6

9

12

7

12

24

Total

45

80

*Note: There may be minor deviation in marks distribution

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