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ETM 4621 - Operations Management Capstone I

Student teams use knowledge from previous technical and business courses to develop a manufacturing operations plan for a product. This includes production planning and control, resource planning, product cost considerations. Students experience current concepts of the new product development process. Emphasis is placed on team work, project management, computerized production documentation, lean manufacturing, integration and optimization of business technical functions, operations within a manufacturing enterprise, Quality assurance planning and six sigma, product design and development. Lab activities include prototype and engineering builds of the product designed by the student teams.

Requisites: (ETM 2210 or ETM 3210) and 2510 and 3100 and 3030 and Sr. and taken concurrently with ETM 3510
Credit Hours: 2
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture, 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to explain the functions of inventory management, master schedules, and ERP systems.
  • Students will be able to describe the functional areas of a manufacturing organization and the flow of information/data.
  • Students will be able to conceptualize and create a product model and prototype as well as all associated technical documentation (Drawings, BOM, Item Master, Costing, Product Structures).
  • Students will be able to apply methods of contemporary integrated manufacturing.
  • Students will be able to apply engineering fundamentals such as math, science, and statistics to the design of a product.
  • Students will be able to describe and explain manufacturing materials, processes, and manufacturing systems in the design of a complete manufacturing plan to produce a product at medium volume levels.
  • Students will be able to apply the principles and process of quality assurance as well as the statistical process control tools to manage a high-quality manufacturing enterprise.
  • Students will be able to work within a high-performance team environment.
  • Students will be able to apply operations management principles in a production environment.


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