Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Technoeconomical optimization and entrepreneurship (17.P4408K)

General information:
 
Category Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field Technological Processes, Techno-Economic Optimization and Virtual Design
ECTS 4

Acquiring knowledge and professional skills in the areas of techno-economic optimization and entrepreneurship in manufacturing enterprises. Developing creative abilities and mastering specific skills for the development of optimal products and manufacturing processes as well as building business plans for small and medium-sized enterprises.

After successfully completing this course, a student is able to: Define objects and goals of optimization, list and describe basic optimization methods; Analyze and evaluate manufacturability of product design; Define rational variants of manufacturing processes and determine the optimal variant based on time and cost as objective functions; Apply multi-criteria optimization methods for evaluation and ranking of product quality and manufacturing processes; List and describe basic types and organizational forms of production enterprises and characteristics of entrepreneurs; Define basic elements of business planning (selection of a business idea, structure of a business plan, production and organizational plan, marketing and financial plan); Draft a business plan for a small or medium-sized manufacturing company

Introduction to the course. Terms, objectives and tasks of optimization and entrepreneurship in production. Basics of techno-economic optimization. Analytical and experimental optimization methods. Simulation methods. Basics of development and optimization of product design. Elements of product quality. Qualitative and quantitative technology. Basics of DfX/DfMA. Manufacturing processes as objects of optimization. Manufacturing time and cost. Limits of the applicability of technological solutions. Multi-criteria evaluation and optimization of products and manufacturing processes. Optimization of selection and allocation of production resources. Basics of Entrepreneurship and Business Planning. Forms of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial process. Selection and creation of Business Ideas. Market place and competition. Structure of the business plan and the process of making. Production and organizational plan. Marketing plan. Financial plan. Basics of project management. Innovative Entrepreneurship. Modern trends in the field of techno-economic optimization and entrepreneurship in production.

Teaching takes place in the form of lectures, auditory, laboratory and computer exercises. Theoretical part of the course with typical examples from practice is represented on the lectures. Exercises are practically intended for applying the acquired knowledge through specific examples and tasks. Students are trained to apply information technologies from the course material on computer exercises. For the purpose of extending practical knowledge, company visits are organized. Consultations are held regularly in order to bring course material closer to development of appropriate seminar and graphic papers. Colloquium refers to the theoretical part of the course, while the written part refers to the work on solving appropriate tasks.

Authors Title Year Publisher Language
Conner, G. Lean Manufacturing for the Small Shop 2009 Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn, Michigan English
Magal, S.R., Word, J. Essentials of business processes and information systems 2009 Hoboken, NJ: Wiley English
Course activity Pre-examination Obligations Number of points
Term paper Yes Yes 20.00
Coloquium exam No Yes 20.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory No Yes 30.00
Graphic paper Yes Yes 20.00
Lecture attendance Yes Yes 5.00
Exercise attendance Yes Yes 5.00
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Prof. Lukić Dejan

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Lectures
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Prof. Milošević Mijodrag

Full Professor

Lectures
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Prof. Lukić Dejan

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Practical classes
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Prof. Milošević Mijodrag

Full Professor

Practical classes
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Prof. Lukić Dejan

Full Professor

Computational classes
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Prof. Milošević Mijodrag

Full Professor

Computational classes

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