Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

This module is based on knowledge gained in the module Project in Classic Production and Service Technologies (P0).

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

To provide the student with practical experience defining a project within the area of manufacturing and operations engineering, which includes use innovative and agile production methods and services, to implement the project by working in groups and to document the solution in a project report. To give the students a common understanding of key challenges and developments in the field and to induce a shared feeling of belonging to the study programme.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Knowledge about manufacturing and operations engineering in order to identify relevant contextual perspectives of a given technology
• Knowledge about project management in a long-term problem based project (in this case 2-3 months)
• Knowledge of methodological consideration to describe the theoretical and empirical foundation of the project
• Must have knowledge about how modern innovation, production and service technology can be used to solve a specific problem
• Must have knowledge about commonly used technologies and approaches for innovative and agile production and service
• Must have knowledge about commonly occurring production and service processes.
• Must have knowledge about the use of modern innovation, production and service technologies
• Must know how to use a programming language to control mechanic or electronic components
• Must know how to use typical programming syntaxes such as conditional branching, loops, etc.

Skills

• Analyze individual as well as organizational processes by scientifically recognized concepts and methods
• Organize and manage a longer-term project considering group and supervisor collaboration
• Structure and communicate the reflections and results of the problem based project work; orally, graphically and in writing
• Must be able to work in a team
• Must be able to identify and define a problem suitable for a project involving innovation, agile production and service technologies
• Must be able to identify classic approaches in existing production and service implementations and compare these with modern approaches.
• Must be able to choose and use  specific approaches for innovative and agile production and service
• Must be able to plan a systematic test of a chosen production or service technology
• Must be able to discuss/assess the quality of the technology choice in a wider context
• Must be able to program basic programs

Competences

• Take responsibility of one’s own learning during a longer-termed project period and be able to generalize the gained experiences
• Must have competencies for discussing and comparing classical production and service technologies vs. modern technological approaches
• Must have competences in document and discuss the wider market related implications of a real life application
• Must have competences to coordinate the project, to present the results and communicate the results
• Shall have basic programing skills.

Type of instruction

The module is carried out as group-based problem-oriented project work. The group work is carried out as an independent work process in which the students themselves organize and coordinate their workload in collaboration with a supervisor. The project is carried out in groups with normally no more than 7 members.

Extent and expected workload

Since it is a 10 ECTS course module the expected workload is 300 hours for the student.

Exam

Exams

Name of exam	Project in From the Classic to Modern Production and Service
Type of exam	Oral exam based on a project
ECTS	10
Assessment	7-point grading scale
Type of grading	Internal examination