Survey of manufacturing curricula from around the world
Hunt, Ingrid O'Sullivan, David Rolstadas, Asbjorn Horan, Maeve Precup, Lavinia
Hunt, Ingrid
O'Sullivan, David
Rolstadas, Asbjorn
Horan, Maeve
Precup, Lavinia
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2004-01-01
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Hunt, Ingrid; O'Sullivan, David; Rolstadas, Asbjorn; Horan, Maeve; Precup, Lavinia (2004). Survey of manufacturing curricula from around the world. Production Planning & Control 15 (1), 71-79
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In the manufacturing organization cost or more specifically cost reduction is an everyday obsession with managers and engineers. To compete globally and win new contracts, manufacturing firms need to learn how to be responsive, lean and efficient. On the other hand, in order to retain and motivate workers, improve systems efficiency and conform to various regulations including health, safety and the environment, manufacturing firms need to continuously invest. Both opposing pressures create a challenging environment for manufacturing managers and engineers. This paper introduces research into how the manufacturing environment is changing and in particular the type of issues that manufacturing managers and engineers need to learn. The paper presents the first results of a study being conducted by a number of academic institutions and industries from around the world into manufacturing education issues. The principle aim of the research consortium is to anticipate the needs of manufacturing organization of the future and to provide a framework for curriculum development within universities that meet these needs. This paper specifically outlines the results of a study of existing manufacturing curricula from around the world and takes an in-depth look at four recently developed masters programmes.
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