Objectives of general skills

• Imagine, design, carry out and operate solutions (machines, equipment, processes, systems and units) to provide a solution to a complex problem by integrating needs, constraints, context and technical, economic, societal, ethical and environmental issues.
• Identify complex problems to be solved and develop the specifications by integrating needs, contexts and technical, economic, societal, ethical and environmental issues.
• Integrate, where applicable, maintenance policies and quality approach, rational energy management, and components from different technologies.
• Plan, manage and lead projects in view of their objectives, resources and constraints, ensuring the quality of activities and deliverables.
• Exploit project management principles and tools, particularly the work plan, schedule, and the document monitoring.
• Assess the approach and achievements, adapt them in view of the observations and feedback received, make necessary adjustments and corrections.
• Work effectively in teams, develop leadership, make decisions in multidisciplinary, multicultural, and international contexts.
• Make decisions, individually or collectively, taking into account the parameters involved (human, technical, economic, societal, ethical and environmental).
• Adopt a professional and responsible approach, showing an open and critical mind in an independent professional development process.
• Show an open and critical mind by bringing to light technical and non-technical issues of analysed problems and proposed solutions.

UE's Learning outcomes

Understand and define the "maintenance" function in an industrial context; understand how maintenance may contribute on performance of the production; recognize the main maintenance policies and the management principles for RAMS (reliability, availability, maintenability and safety). 
Understand the main concepts of quality and company management in connection with European Directives and ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 17025, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 norms ; apply various "quality tools". 
Optimize the layout of a workshop; schedule a project or a workshop; manage the supply chain; understand ERP management.

UE Content

Maintenance and RAMS (reliability, availability, maintenability and safety); terminology; maintenance organisation; reliability of electronic systems, mechanical systems and structures. Some case studies are defined with respect of the specialization of the students. 
"Quality" concepts ; company management ; history of quality ; total quality management ; systemics ; norms and European Directives related with "quality-safety-environment" (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 17025, OHSAS 18001) ; main "quality" tools. 
Operational decision in the enterprise: line balancing; project scheduling with resource; production scheduling (flowshop and jobshop); inventory management; MRP and ERP; Just-in-Time, facility layout.

Prior experience

Not applicable