Learning Outcomes

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

Make management level decisions within a manufacturing environment including operations management, supply chain management and lean manufacturing.

Use effective human relations, leadership, interpersonal, and team skills in an organizational environment.

Analyze planning, professional and engineering decisions within a manufacturing environment.

Differentiate among general management decisions that are beyond strictly manufacturing, and includes skills to manage projects, energy, costs and budgets.

Generate written, oral, and graphic communications, including the use of current technology, persuasively and accurately in a professional manner.

Formulate the principles and practice of team-building in an interdisciplinary setting, and integrate negotiation and problem-solving skills.

Support manufacturing decisions based upon data derived from leading edge information technology systems.

Create a basic energy management plan in compliance with the ISO 50001 Energy Management System Standard.

Conform to applicable legislation, regulations and guidelines based upon an assessment of the environmental, legal and safety implications of manufacturing practice.

Evaluate cost effectiveness of manufacturing products, processes and operations.

Manage a sustainable supply chain using a variety of effective tools and techniques.

Develop a strategy to minimize business rick and maximize new opportunities derived from improving processes and products.

Recommend the technologies required to increase productivity and reduce waste in a manufacturing facility.

Select manufacturing processes to create high quality products that respond to the customer and society with minimal environmental impact.

Analyze the product life cycle and the product impact on the environment.