Experiences and Methods in Industrial Engineering - 3GUC0105

Goal(s)

First Part
• Present the situation of the firm (a living organism) and the entrepreneur in its sector and market.

• Supply and demand structures.

• Understand industrial engineering careers in a globalised market economy.

• Present the « process » approach and the firms main processes.

• Make students aware of the importance of inter-relations which exist between the technical, economic, management and organisational aspects within the company.

Second Part

• usual tools and methods for industrial engineers (mathematicals, publishing,etc)

Third Part
Students know there abilities about communication (strong points and points to work). Understanding communication process, growing up trust in theirselves

Content(s)

• Economy: What is a market? Nature of products. Supply and demand structures.
Some key issues in industrial engineering.

• Management: entrepreneur, firm, company organisation.
How a company is set up and how it develops.

• Marketing approach.
How to retain clients and how to develop.

• Flows: management of physical flows (stock management).
Management of information flows.

• Sociology of organisations: taking action and decision-making in a company.
Business culture.

• Mechanical engineering: some problems associated with the design and manufacturing chain. Main design tools and difficulties associated with mass production.

• Method : to contrust and present a litterature review. (bibliographic research, map of concepts, bibliiography, synthesis)

• Practical :Exercices and games, (theater,...)