Intelligent Manufacturing Systems

Course aim

To provide students with advanced cognitive, technical and communication skills to critically evaluate, analyse, generate and select solutions to design or improve an advanced manufacturing system.

Course content

Advanced manufacturing systems; flexible, high volume, computer integrated, process based facility layout and flow line and assembly systems, Group Technology, cellular manufacturing systems, scheduling and JIT manufacturing, lean production and agile manufacturing.
Smart manufacturing. Manufacturing performance indicators; manufacturing lead time, production time and rate, plant utilisation and capacity, time in process ratio
Manufacturing economics; costing concepts, product cost, equipment cost, and work-in-progress cost.

Textbook(s)

Groover, M.P. 2016, Automation, Production Systems, and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 4th edition, Person Education Limited

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	3 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	3 hours x 3 days
Computer Practical	3 hours x 3 days
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External	N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Examination, Group project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.