Course
description: This course
will introduce students
to productivity issues
in new product development
for the automotive aftermarket.
Students will learn about
proper process selection
used in the design of new
products and tooling. Emphasis
will be placed on the economic
lean development of products
and tooling in the automotive
aftermarket.
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New Product Development
104 –
Productivity In
Automotive Aftermarket
Manufacturing |
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Partial
Course content
Productivity issues
in product
development.
Selecting candidate
processes for manufacturing.
Elements of the
visual workplace.
Capabilities and
costs of processes.
Removing waste
for selected processes.
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Partial
Course objectives
Learn how to collect
manuf. costs.
Defining waste
in product and
tooling.
Implementing a
visual workplace.
Calculating the
cost of designs.
Rate tooling concepts |

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Learning
Outcomes
Students
will be able to produce
a cost effective production
plan for a product or tooling
of their choice. The plan
will include candidate
processes, rationale for
process evaluation, product
or tool materials to be
used, product or tool cost
based on theoretical model,
and (3) commercial quotations
for selected solution.
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