Manufacturing Management Graduate Certificate

http://mfgmgmt.sheridaninstitute.ca

CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION SCHEDULE

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

January to April

May to August

September to December

Academic Term 1

Academic Term 2

Optional
4 Month Co-op Work Term

COURSES PER TERM

Term 1

Term 2

Manufacturing Processes
Operations Management
Manufacturing and Process Control Concepts
Project Management in Manufacturing
Plant Layout and Material Handling
Quality Management
Health, Work, Safety and Society

Leadership and Management of People

Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Management Communications Skills
Energy Management
Advanced Management Concepts
Engineering Economics
Industrial Project
Cooperative Education Forum (Optional 7 week
course)

For More Information

Please contact Rob Phillips: Co-op Advisor
Oakville (905) 845-9430 ext. 2713 or Brampton: (905) 459-7533 ext. 2713
Rob.phillips@sheridancollege.ca
Co-op Website: http://coop.sheridancollege.ca

April 2016

Manufacturing Management Graduate Certificate

http://mfgmgmt.sheridaninstitute.ca
WORK TERM CAPABILITIES
Skills
Apply Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to evaluate the impact of operations on the environment.
Improve processes using DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control).
Ensure resources and capacity support production plans are appropriate.
Write standardized work procedures.
Schedule the staff and work to meet the production plan on time, budget and quality standard.
Work as team member to ensure adherence to procedures, and implement new or improve existing procedures as required.
Lead or work with production/operations/manufacturing professionals to assess, evaluate and improve production/operation planning.
Develop efficient layouts for various production and service systems; focus on modern plant layout and material handling.
Perform basic energy audits aim to increase productivity and reduce energy costs.
Maintain a safe workplace complying with all regulatory requirements and company policies.
Support engineering trials and work with engineering to ensure manufacturability of new products.
Implement manufacturing engineering functions, including process, design improvements and equipment installation.
Analyze production bottlenecks.
Manage small manufacturing process and equipment design projects.
Identify sources of waste and implement changes in order to contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
Establish and maintain work standards for product costing and productivity measurement.
Select an appropriate manufacturing process given a variety of specifications including cost, quality, materials, set up
requirements and product maturity.
Evaluate the impact of production runs and set up costs on the choice of manufacturing process.
Apply basic control system techniques for machine and process control using current industrial software.
Assess integrated MRP/ERP systems in order to gain a competitive advantage.
Apply various manufacturing planning and control systems to plant management issues.
Use financial and accounting processes to evaluate the cost effectiveness of a variety of manufacturing operations.
Use quality improvement tools such as Pareto, histogram, cause-and-effect diagram and check sheet.
Evaluate quality assurance initiatives, monitoring process stability and consistency through the use of statistical control
techniques.
Identify applications for current technologies including Computer Aided Design (CAM), Solid Modeling, Robotics, Additive
Manufacturing, Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM), Vision Systems, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Flexible
Manufacturing and Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM).
Apply plant simulation software and problem solving techniques to resolve typical manufacturing problems.
Lead change through the application of a variety of Lean Six Sigma tools to improve business capabilities.
Review key performance indicators and variances and take action as appropriate.

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