Advanced Manufacturing Systems detailed syllabus for Robotics & Automation Engineering (Robotics) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Robotics students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Robotics & Automation Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Robotics 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to Robotics Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of advanced manufacturing systems is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO LEAN MANUFACTURING 9
Objectives of lean manufacturing-key principles and implications of lean manufacturing -traditional Vs lean manufacturing- flow-continuous improvement/Kaizen -worker involvement- 5S principles elements of JIT – uniform production rate – Kanban system – Lean implementation, Reconciling lean with other systems – lean six sigma- lean and ERP – lean with ISO 9001:2000.
Unit II
AGILE MANUFACTURING 9
Agile Manufacturing Vs Mass Manufacturing – Agile practice for product development -Manufacturing agile practices – Implementing new technology – A checklist, technology applications that enhance agility – agile technology make or buy decisions. – Costing for Agile Manufacturing practices.
Unit III
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Unit IV
INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING 9
Concepts of competitive strategy and manufacturing strategies and development of a strategic improvement programme – Manufacturing strategy in business success strategy formation and formulation – Structured strategy formulation – Sustainable manufacturing system design options -Approaches to strategy formulation – Realization of new strategies/system designs.
Unit V
SMART MANUFACTURING 9
Introduction to various Smart Manufacturing Techniques-Supply chain management-Block chain of inventory management-Plant digitization-Predictive maintenance-Supply chain visibilityWarehouse-Cost reduction-Waste management-Automated systems-Applications
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate on basic lean manufacturing.
- Integrate the knowledge on agile manufacturing.
- Formulate strategy in sustainable manufacturing.
- Apply artificial intelligence (AI) and fuzzy techniques to improve the efficiency of manufacturing systems.
- Exposure to smart manufacturing and its various techniques.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Black .J.T. and Kohser R.A, “DeGarmo’s Materials and Processes in Manufacturing”, Published by Wiley, 11th edition, 2011.
- Christian N. Madu, “Handbook of environmentally conscious manufacturing”, Springer US Publishers, 1st edition, 2001.
- John Schey, “Introduction to Manufacturing Processes”, Tata McGraw-Hill Education ,3rd edition,1999
- Seliger G., “Sustainable Manufacturing: Shaping Global Value Creation”, Springer, United States, 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-27289-9.
- Rao R. V, “Advanced Modeling and Optimization of Manufacturing Processes”, 2nd edition, 2006.
- Ronald G. Askin and Jeffrey B. Goldberg, “Design and Analysis of Lean Production Systems”, John Wiley and Sons, 2003.
- Kutz M., “Environmentally Conscious Mechanical Design”, John Wiley & Sons., United States, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-471-72636-4.
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