06ME842 Industrial Engineering and Economics syllabus for ME


Part A
Unit-1 Productivity & work study 6 hours

Definition of productivity, factors affecting productivity, definition, objective & scope of work study, human factors in work study, work study & management, work study & supervisor, work study &worker.

Unit-2 Method study 8 hours

Definition, objective & scope, charts to record movements in shop, process charts, flow process charts, Multiple activity charts, two handed process charts, SIMO chart, principles of motion economy.

Unit-3 Work Measurement 6 hours

Definition, objectives, techniques of work measurement, work sampling, need of confidence levels, sample size determination, random observation with simple problems

Unit-4 Time study 6 hours

Definition, time study equipments, selection of jobs, steps in time study, breaking jobs into elements, recording information, rating, standard performance, scales of rating, factors affecting rate of working, allowances, standard time determination.

Part B
Unit-5 Introduction to industrial design 8 hours

elements of design structure for industrial design in engineering application in modern manufacturing systems. Ergonomics and Industrial Design: Introduction, general approach to the man-machine relationship, workstation design-working position.

Unit-6 Visual Effects of Line and Form 6 hours

The mechanics of seeing-psychology of seeing general influences of line and form.

Unit-7 Color Models 6 hours

RGB, CMY, HSV, Color and light, color and objects-color and the eye-color consistency-color terms reactions to color and color continuation-color on engineering equipments.

Unit-8 Aesthetic concepts 6 hours

Concept of unity-concept of order with variety-concept of purpose style and environment –Aesthetic expressions. Style –components of style house style, observation style in capital goods, case study.

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