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Manufacturing Strategy - MANF8471
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.mech.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 0
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
None
 
 
Equivalent: MANF9471
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Relation of manufacturing strategy to business strategy, financial strategy and marketing strategy. Technology and process choice; process positioning. Capacity and location decisions: long term capacity strategies, international capacity planning; planning facilities with a region. Global manufacturing and the virtual corporation. Focused manufacturing; continuous improvement and the experience curve. Strategic management of human resources; strategy implementation and change management; linking operational performance to manufacturing strategy.

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