Short Learning Programmes

Programme in Industrial Engineering (76837)

Duration: One year

Language medium: English

Tuition method: Year Registration Periods

Target group:

Students with an existing national diploma in any engineering discipline NQF-6 qualification (except Industrial Engineering) who want to register for an Advanced Diploma in Industrial Engineering have to complete this programme first to assist them to reskill and divert their Engineering specialisation from other types of Engineering to that of Industrial Engineering.

Admission requirements:

A National Diploma in Engineering: Mechanical / Civil / Electrical /Chemical / Etc. / or other equivalent NQF-6 Engineering qualification.

Course leader details:

Prof N Ndou
Department of Industrial Engineering
Office: Block C 3-66, UNISA Florida Campus
Tel: 011 471 2560
E-mail: nndou@unisa.ac.za

Programme administrator:

Admin Officer
Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning
360 Lillian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Central
Solomon Mahlangu Building 2nd floor
Tel: 012 352 4288
Email address: UCL@unisa.ac.za
Application Link: www.unisa.ac.za/applyslp

Modules:

DEFACJO - Design of Facilities and Jobs (Module C)

Content: Job design and work measurement Facility layout Facility location Strategic chain strategy Lean production Forecasting Basic ergonomics

IMPRSYS - Improving the System (Module F)

Content: Applied Engineering Quality planning and management Total quality management (TQM) Operations consulting and reengineering Synchronous manufacturing and theory of constraints Business plan ISO 9000 Quality Management Standards Statistical Process Control Applied Quality Control Tools

OPERMAN - Operations Management (Module A)

Content: Lean Manufacturing / World Class Manufacturing Six Sigma Lean Six Sigma Operation strategy and competitiveness Financial accounting (balance sheet, income statement, depreciation, cash flow) Financial ratio analysis Cost accounting (fixed costs, variable costs, overhead costs, basic calculations)

PRDEAPS - Product Design and Process Selection (Module B)

Content: Product design and process analysis, selection and design in manufacturing and service industries Waiting line management Process capability and statistical quality control Fundamentals of statistics Fundamentals of probability Quality costs OC curves

TSTRUTS - The Start-up of the System (Module D)

Content: Project planning and control Life cycle of project management Functions of project management Financial analysis of project. Project financing and communications Project implementation Project risk management

TSYSISS - The System in Steady State (Module E)

Content: Supply chain strategy Demand management Inventory control Sales and operations planning Material requirements planning Operations scheduling