COURSE Code: BIND 205
2 Credits
Course Description
This course provides an industrial designer's overview of the economic context and nature of product manufacture. It will briefly examine manufacturing from a macroeconomic perspective and identify the requirements and advantages of participating in the global marketplace. The production of goods and services is examined from an operations management perspective. Topics include project management, quality assurance, process strategies, small plant layout, human resources, supply-chain management and inventory management. Emphasis is placed on the interaction of product design and production issues at all levels of manufacturing. The course includes an integrated project (design) developed in BIND 200, which will be used as a case study in the application of knowledge from this course.
