Development, testing, and dissemination of the educational modules listed below are being funded in part and coordinated through the NSF Realization Consortium. Funding is available for academic affiliates to implement these modules in their curricula. Affiliates will attend a special workshop hosted by the Realization Consortium for training in these modules. For information on becoming an academic affiliate, check out the Realization Consortium Request For Proposals. Dissemination of the modules listed below for non-affiliates will normally take place during the Workshop for Experiential Learning in Manufacturing System Design.
The Cups Game. Students design and execute an assembly process in competition for highest weighted score that includes asset productivity, material flow time, operating cost, and sustainable quality. Students explain their design using Process Mapping methodology.
AT&T Patriot. This case focuses on the interval (lead time) reduction in the Patriot Shop at AT&T during 1991 through 1993. During this period, the Patriot Shop produced approximately 350 different circuit packs for three product lines, and reduced interval from approximately 8 weeks to less than 2 weeks. Students are asked to develop specific proposals for reducing lead time, including lot-size planning, kanbans, setup time reduction, layout analysis, and progressive assembly lines.
Multimedia Material Handling. While most engineering programs provide instruction in manufacturing processes, the teaching of material handling is usually not emphasized. Due to the wide variety of material handling equipment, it is usually not worthwhile to have instructional laboratories equipped with material handling devices. This module is intended to provide an introduction to the range of material handling equipment used in manufacturing. It will show with the help of video clips the various applications of the material handling equipment; still pictures will be used to provide details on features of the equipment and to illustrate issues in the selection of equipment for a particular application. Multimedia Material Handling home page (NCA&T).
Factory simulation project home page at NCA&T.
OPTLine: Manufacturing Process Simulation