Course syllabus - Integrated Product and Production Development

Objectives

The course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of product realization within the manufacturing industry, with a particular focus on the industrialisation process and its connection to product design and production conditions. By integrating knowledge of product development and production development, students gain insight into how various decisions, factors, and organizational interfaces influence the ability to efficiently introduce new products into production. The course covers methods, tools, and strategies for planning and executing industrialisation activities, with the goal of achieving a well-coordinated and sustainable product realization from a holistic perspective.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student shall be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the product realisation process, including its structure and content.
2. Describe and explain key concepts, methods, and strategies for integrated product and production development, with a particular focus on industrialisation within the manufacturing industry.
3. Demonstrate understanding of, and ability to describe and analyse, how various factors influence the integration between product development and production development during the product realisation process.
4. Demonstrate the ability to apply relevant tools and methods to strengthen integration between different organisational functions, such as product development and production.
5. Describe and analyse how the physical design of a product affects production.
6. Interpret and use technical documentation as a basis for production preparation and industrialisation.
7. Analyse and justify the choice of methods and strategies in an industrialisation process, taking into account a holistic perspective, including quality, time, cost, and sustainability.

Course content

• The structure and phases of the product realisation process
• Concepts, methods, and strategies for integrated development
• Factors influencing the integration between functions
• Tools for collaboration and industrialisation
• The product’s physical design and its impact on production
• Technical documentation and a holistic perspective in industrialisation

Requirements

Basic eligibility and Physics 2, Chemistry 1, Mathematics 3c or Mathematics D Or: Physics level 2, Chemistry level 1, Mathematics - Further level 1c

Examination

LAB1, Laboratory work, is carried out according to instructions during the course, 1 credit, examines the learning outcomes 4 - 6, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G)
INL1, Assignment, an assignment that is presented with a report, 1 credit, examines the learning outcomes 2, 3 and 7 marks Fail (U) or Pass (G)
TEN1, Written on-campus examination, 3 credits, examines the learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 marks Fail (U), 3, 4 or 5

A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding disability study support, can request adaptions for the examination. It is the examiner who takes decisions on any adaptions, based on the certificate and other conditions.

Grade

Grading scale: 5, 4, 3

Interim Regulations and Other Regulations

The course overlaps 4 credits with PPU114 Integrated Product and Production Development, 3 credits with PPU321 Integrated Product and Production Development, 3 credits with PPU319 Integrated Product and Production Development and 2 credits with PPU461 Industrialzation and Ramp-up in Industry 4.0.