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Course Description
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Course Name
Fundamentals of Operations Engineering
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Host University
University of Galway
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Location
Galway, Ireland
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Area of Study
Mechanical Engineering
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Prerequisites
Admission to this course is subject to the agreement of the Head of the Discipline offering the course and will depend on the applicant's academic background in the relevant subject area.
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Course Level Recommendations
Lower
ISA offers course level recommendations in an effort to facilitate the determination of course levels by credential evaluators.We advice each institution to have their own credentials evaluator make the final decision regrading course levels.
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ECTS Credits
5 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits2
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units3
Hours & Credits
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Overview
Introduction to operations engineering, design of products & services, lean and JIT manufacturing systems, facility design & layout, forecasting, capacity planning and aggregate production planning, inventory management, enterprise resource planning, scheduling.
Learning Outcomes
Be able to state the role of operations engineering in a business from a product/service and process perspective.
For various product and process configurations, be able to design a lean/JIT manufacturing system to produce products or services.
Be capable of solving operations oriented problems in an industrial setting with an emphasis on productivity, process planning, scheduling, inventory management, forecasting.
Identify the main stages in service design.
Identify the main stages in product design and development.
Course Disclaimer
Courses and course hours of instruction are subject to change.
Credits earned vary according to the policies of the students' home institutions. According to ISA policy and possible visa requirements, students must maintain full-time enrollment status, as determined by their home institutions, for the duration of the program.
ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credits are converted to semester credits/quarter units differently among U.S. universities. Students should confirm the conversion scale used at their home university when determining credit transfer.
Please reference fall and spring course lists as not all courses are taught during both semesters.
Please note that some courses with locals have recommended prerequisite courses. It is the student's responsibility to consult any recommended prerequisites prior to enrolling in their course.