Postgraduate Course: Innovation Design and Manufacturing Management (IDCORE) (PGEE11097)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Placement |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Engineering) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The aim of this course would be to give students an understanding of the entrepreneurial process and of how product design and manufacturing can be managed.
An overview of the entrepreneurial process and an analysis of relevant existing businesses will be undertaken including aspects of Finance, Marketing and Intellectual Property. In studying the operation of businesses involved in manufacturing engineering goods study will be undertaken in Design Management and in the use of Management Information Systems and Product Lifecycle Management systems. Manufacturing management will be analysed by studying widely used methods in supply chain and inventory management. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon course completion students will have;
1. an understanding of the entrepreneurial process with its
various components,
2. an understanding of the role and importance of
entrepreneurship in the modern economy,
3. a knowledge of the operation of commonly used
methods for managing design and product information,
4. the ability to critically evaluate entrepreneurial ventures
from the point of view of entrepreneurs, investors and
government,
5. the ability to analyse manufacturing organisations,
6. understand the complexity of managing supply chains,
7. the ability to go through an entrepreneurial process that
culminates in the production of a business plan.
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Assessment Information
| 100% Assignment based on the preparation of an outline business plan. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
5 daily topics:
The Business and its products/services
Describing Markets
Business Strategy / IP
Forecasting sales
Identifying resource requirements / Sources of Investment |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Open Distance Learning |
| Keywords | Offshore Renewable Energy, Professional Doctorate, |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Frank Mill
Tel: (0131 6)50 5673
Email: Frank.Mill@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Ksenia Siedlecka
Tel: (0131 6)51 9023
Email: ksenia.siedlecka@ed.ac.uk |
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