Course Home Page
http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~ie415/

Course Objectives
This course will provide an introduction to the design and analysis of manufacturing systems. There are two main focus areas: Manufacturing Processes and Manufacturing Systems Analysis. The main emphasis is on providing an introduction to some of the important topics in each of these areas. The labs are designed to complement the lectures by providing an introduction to current manufacturing technology: Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM), Inspection, and Robotics.

Text & Videos
There is no required text for this course. Lecture and lab notes are available at Bob's Copy Shop. Factory Physics: Foundations of Manufacturing Management (W. J. Hopp & M. L. Spearman) and Quick Response Manufacturing: A Companywide Approach to Reducing Lead Times (Rajan Suri) are useful reference books for the manufacturing systems part of the class – they are on reserve at Wendt library. Video tapes are also on reserve at Wendt. There is a list of them in the lecture notes.

Grading
Project #1 (20%)
Project #2 (10%)
Case Study Questions (10%)
Lab Project (10%)
Other Lab Assignments (5%)
Exam #1 (20%)
Exam #2 (20%)
Class Attendance & Participation (5%)

Brief Project Descriptions
Project #1: Product Dissection & Process Plans (20%, Team Project)
Each group will disassemble their product and choose one (1) component per person on the project team. The group will develop a process plan for each component selected. One of the process plans will be selected for presentation in class.

Project #2: Manufacturing Systems Analysis & Design (10%, Team Project)
This project will involve analysis of an existing manufacturing system. The team will propose a redesign to improve the system's performance.

Lab Project (10%, Team Project)
Each group will design, manufacture, and assemble a pair of inserts, a holder, and an assembly jig in accordance with quality measures using CAD/CAM (Manual G/M Coding and Esprit) and Robotics (Adept).