Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

A student who has completed this module:

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• has knowledge about current systems of manufacturing and production of products, services and systems
• has knowledge about the challenges that companies face when attempting to improve their production systems for sustainability
• has knowledge about the potentials of IT systems to support or interfere with achieving sustainability

Skills

• can analyze potentials and barriers for designing products that last longer, that are reparable and/or that are designed for disassembly from a production system point of view
• can analyze which implications changes in materials or redesigns might cause to current production and logistic systems
• can analyze how to incorporate IT systems to support sustainable solutions
• can model a given product in a digital program
• can simulate physical conditions like stress on a given component digitally

Competences

• can evaluate the sustainability potential of a given manufacturing and production system
• can evaluate the role of IT systems in sustainable solutions
• can design manufacturing and production systems that are sustainable

Type of instruction

Lectures, exercises and project work

Exam

Exams