Programme Outlines and Overviews

Integrated Product and Production Development 7.5 credits

Course content

The course contains a holistic perspective on product realization with a focus on the integration between product and production. The course considers methods and tools to support work at the interface between product and production development. The course contains methods to support creativity in product and production development, as well as considering analysis and improvement of a product from a cost, quality, manufacturability, assembly and sustainability point of view. The course includes the following elements: - Methods and approaches for design for manufacturing, assembly, disassembly - Design for cost - Product architecture´s impact on production - Methods and tools to support integration between product development and production during the development of new products - Factors that affect integration between product development and production during the development of new products

Entry requirements

The applicant must hold the minimum of a bachelor´s degree (i.e the equivalent of 180 ECTS credits at an accredited university) with at least 90 credits in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering and management, product development, materials engineering, manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, civil engineering or construction engineering. The bachelor’s degree should comprise a minimum of 15 credits in mathematics. Proof of English proficiency is required (or the equivalent).

Level: Second cycle

Course/Ladok-code: TPPR25

School: School of Engineering