NG3S240 - Industrial Management 01 Jul 2022 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 2

Associated Module Information

Module Code: NG3S240
Module Title: Industrial Management
Faculty: Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science
Faculty Group: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Sub Group: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Module Leader: Meinwen Taylor
Module Team: Eurfyl Davies
First Intended Intake: SEP 2019 Final Year of Intake: 2027
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 6
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100190 - mechanical engineering
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 2
Valid From 01 Jul 2022
Valid To 31 Aug 2028

Module Aims

To extend the student's appreciation and knowledge of Engineering Management Systems.

Content Summary

• Engineering Industrial Management from Projects to Operations
• Project Management
• Definition of a project and its elements, Project organization, Requirement specification, Quality Assurance, Projects in industry, Tools and techniques, Milestones, Network techniques, e.g. Gantt, CPA, PERT; Finance, Resource acquisition and allocation, Project evaluation
• Advanced Manufacturing Systems and their management.
• Manufacturing Systems introduction, operational systems approaches, Forecasting, Planning, Operational Management including the three main types of ERP/Lean/TOC, Supply and value chains, location, capacity, loading, stock control, productivity and measurement. Introduction to manufacturing modelling and simulation, Intelligent manufacturing systems - principles and applications

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 24
Seminar 24
Independent Study 80
Directed Study 72
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Apply and critically evaluate a range of industrial management principles and techniques
LO2 Critically evaluate complex engineering management systems

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Report 1 Report evaluating aspects of current manufacturing systems 0 3000 50 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Portfolio 1 Portfolio documenting and reflecting on a given project. 0 3000 50 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Report 1
Portfolio 1

Reading List

Hill, A., Hill, T. (2018) Essential Operations Management, 2nd edn. London: Palgrave

Heagney, J. (2016) Fundamentals of project management, 5th edn. New York : American Management Association AMACOM

Heizer, J., Render, B., Munson, C. (2019) Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, 13th edn. Harlow: Pearson

Slack, N., Brandon-Jones, A., (2019) Operations Management. 9th edn. Harlow: Pearson

Mullins, L.J., McLean, J.E. (2019) Organisational Behaviour in the Workplace 12th edn Harlow: Pearson

Lock, D., (2014) The Essentials of Project Management, Farnham: Routledge

Belbin, R. M. (2010) Team roles at work 2nd ed. Oxford : Butterworth-Heineman