Flexible Manufacturing
2025/2026
Content, progress and pedagogy of the module
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- Have gained knowledge about mass customization systems in an operations management context
- Have gained knowledge about assessment of mass customization performance
- Have gained knowledge about product architecture, manufacturing architecture and their relations to mass customization
- Have gained knowledge about flexible manufacturing systems, reconfigurable manufacturing systems, changeable manufacturing systems, automated manufacturing systems and the differences between these.
- Have gained knowledge of planning methods designed specifically for flexible manufacturing systems.
Skills
- Be able to analyze a product family in terms of variety and product architecture
- Be able to evaluate different IT solutions supporting mass customization, including product configurators and perform basic modelling
- Be able to analyze a range of manufacturing tasks and evaluate different types of manufacturing systems to determine the appropriate level of flexibility vs. automation
- Be able to model flexible manufacturing problems
Competences
- Have the competence to evaluate a company’s product portfolio in terms of volume, variety and manufacturing tasks and identify solutions for IT system support and manufacturing system design.
Type of instruction
The course consists of a number of lectures as well as the student’s independent learning effort. The form and extent of the course is determined and described in connection with planning the semester. The lesson plans, literature etc. are created in connection with this. The course is conducted as a combination of single-disciplinary, problem-oriented and cross-disciplinary fields of study, and it is structured from a work and evaluation form which combines skills and reflection:
- Lectures
- Class work
- Project work
- Workshops
- Exercises (alone and in groups)
- Teacher feedback
- Reflection on content
- Portfolio work.
Extent and expected workload
Since it is a 5 ECTS course module the expected workload is 150 hours for the student.
Exam
Exams
| Name of exam | Flexible Manufacturing |
| Type of exam | Written or oral exam |
| ECTS | 5 |
| Permitted aids | Information about allowed helping aids for the examination will be published in the description of the semester/module. |
| Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
| Type of grading | Internal examination |
| Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures |
Facts about the module
| Danish title | Fleksibel produktion |
| Module code | M-OSM-K1-3 |
| Module type | Course |
| Duration | 1 semester |
| Semester | Autumn
|
| ECTS | 5 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Empty-place Scheme | Yes |
| Location of the lecture | Campus Aalborg |
| Responsible for the module |
Organisation
| Study Board | Study Board of Production |
| Department | Department of Materials and Production |
| Faculty | The Faculty of Engineering and Science |
