Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Product and Process Improvement Projects (17.IM2315)

Native organizations units: Chair of Production Systems, Organization and Management

Type of studies	Title

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Proizvodni i uslužni sistemi, organizacija i menadžment
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	4

Educational goal:

The course objective is that engineers learn project management methodology in the field of product and process improvement in manufacturing companies, since it is one of the most important tools for engineers work.

Educational outcome:

Students gain the knowledge and competencies needed to improve production program, technology and material flows based on the analysis of the manufacturing company, with or without investment in new technological equipment.

Course content:

Definition of basic concepts in production. Material flows in the manufacturing company: a process or discrete approach. The basic approach to products and processes improvement. Analysis of the production system. Gathering data about production elements: production program, products, technological systems, industrial processes and production system structure. Data display. Production elements analysis: production, product characteristics, technological processes, specific parameters of the system, technological systems and material flows. Basic concepts of product and process improvement. Production improvement. Product classification. Products grouping. Technologies improvement. Technological systems selection. The procurement process of new technological systems. Work units design. The spatial structure of manufacturing system. Evaluating the effects of improvements. Development projects management in manufacturing companies. Performance improvement projects.

Teaching methods:

The teaching includes lectures and auditory practice. Lectures provide theoretical approaches and the problem frameworks. Practice includes interactive workshops with the examples from real systems. During the semester, students write essay. Students have to defend essay in order to pass final exam.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Imaj, M.	Kaizen = (Ky zen) : ključ japanskog poslovnog uspeha	2008	Mono i Manjana, Beograd	Serbian language
Radaković, N., Maksimović, R.	Projekti unapređenja proizvoda i procesa	2018	Fakultet tehničkih nauka, Novi Sad	Serbian language
Lehmann, D., Winer, R.	Product Management	2015	McGraw Hill, New York	English
Smith, N.J.	Engineering Project Management	2008	Blackwell, Oxford	English
Barkley, B.	Project Management in New Product Development	2008	McGraw Hill, New York	English
Hammer, M., Champy, J.	Reinženjering tvrtke	2004	Mate, Zagreb, Hrvatska	Croatian

Knowledge evaluation:

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Term paper	Yes	No	20.00
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Computer exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Project	Yes	Yes	30.00
Coloquium exam	No	No	20.00
Theoretical part of the exam	No	Yes	50.00