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Programme in Industrial Engineering

Qualification code: 76837
Duration: Year course
Language medium: English

Target group:

Students who hold a National Diploma in any engineering discipline (except industrial engineering) and are interested in gaining application eligibility into UNISA's Advanced Diploma in Industrial Engineering have to complete this programme first to assist them to upskill their non-Industrial Engineering Diplomas with Industrial Engineering specific base content.

Admission requirements:

A National Diploma in Engineering: Mechanical, Civil, Electrical or Chemical or equivalent.

Course leader details:

Dr N Ndou
Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Office: Block C 5-034, UNISA Florida Campus
Tel: 011 471 2560
Fax: 011 471 2142
E-mail: nndou@unisa.ac.za

Programme administrator:

Admin Officer
Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning
360 Lillian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Central
Solomon Mahlangu Building 2nd floor
Tel: 012 352 4288
Email address: UCL@unisa.ac.za
Application Link: www.unisa.ac.za/applyslp

Modules:

DEFACJO - Design of Facilities and Jobs (Module C)

Content: Work Study Method Study Work Measurement and Improvement Methods Work Area and Facility layout Design Manual Work Design Principles and Ergonomics Workplace, Workspace, Equipment, and Tool Design Work Environment Design Principles Work and Systems Safety Principles Product Design: Design for Manufacture and Assembly Product Costing and Pricing

IMPRSYS - Improving the System (Module F)

Content: Lean Manufacturing / World Class Manufacturing Six Sigma Lean Six Sigma The Toyota Production System (TPS) Operation strategy and competitiveness Financial accounting (balance sheet, income statement, depreciation, cash flow) Financial ratio analysis Cost accounting (fixed costs, variable costs, overhead costs, basic calculations)

OPERMAN - Operations Management (Module A)

Content: Organisational Strategy and Sustainability Operations and Supply Chain Management (SCM) Product and Service Design Manufacturing and Service Capacity Management Supply Chain Processes Supply and Demand Planning Operations Scheduling and Constraint Management

PRDEAPS - Product Design and Process Selection (Module B)

Content: Quantitative Analysis Overview Quantitative Analysis in Services and Goods Production Quantitative Analysis Methodologies and Techniques Problem Formulation Optimal Solution Determination Inventory Models and Decision Analysis Linear Programming Project Scheduling and Queuing Theory Simulation in Quantitative Analysis

TSTRUTS - The Start-up of the System (Module D)

Content: Engineering Project planning and control Engineering Life cycle of project management Engineering Functions of project management Engineering Financial analysis of project. Engineering Project financing and communications Engineering Project implementation Engineering Project risk management

TSYSISS - The System in Steady State (Module E)

Content: Total Quality Approach to Organisational Excellence Applied Engineering Quality planning and management Total quality management (TQM) Organisational Management through Quality Quality Tools Problem Solving and Decision Making through Quality Approach ISO 9000 Quality Management Standards Statistical Process Control (SPC) and other Applied Quality Control Tools Benchmarking Worldclass Manufacturing