Enrolment closes on 2.1.2022

Objectives

The goal of this period is to provide plant and manufacturing managers, and specialist deep understanding of the means, and competence, and quality tools to develop and implement the LEAN and Agile paradigms in reality. This means understanding of mass customizing unique products for individual customers or niche markets to building products to-order quickly, flexibly, and cost effectively in more and more turbulent business environment. The students learn how to manage variety, customize products quickly and easily, and develop and deliver products for JIT, LEAN and agile manufacturing.

Content

•  LEAN –manufacturing
•  Quality development tools
•  Executive overview, Mass Customization - The New imperative in Business, vision, model and information flow 
•  Existing Products, Cost of Variety, Rationalizing Existing Products, Early steps and Prerequisites – Standardization 
•  The Challenges of Mass Customizing Products – Cost and Speed, Putting the “Mass” in Mass Customization, Building Products Quickly with Agile Manufacturing 
•  Developing Mass Customized Products, Planning and order Fulfillment, Agile Product for Mass Customization, Design Mass Customized Products 
•  The Future of Mass Customized Products, and Lean and Agile manufacturing.

Requirements

Introductory and stimulating lectures, and exercises in Moodle, team project or seminar work

Grading Scale: 0 - 5
Course material: Distant lectures and exercises in Moodle
Prerequisites:Basics of Production Planning and Control, and Product planning

Timetable and implementation

The course will start on week 3. Detailed timetable will be announced later.

Course fee
The course fee is 75 euros. The course fee must be paid upon registration.
The payments are based on the Government Decree of 30 December 2014/1440.

Free course 
The course is free of charge if:
- you have completed your degree in Savonia UAS within a year
- you are a member of the Savonia UAS staff

The free course fee does not cover any card, material or training costs.

Enrol (register) with the form "Free Course". We will check your information after enrolment. If you are not entitled to free study, the right to study will not be granted.

Cancellation terms
Enrolment for studies at the Open UAS is always binding. A student of the Open UAS is granted the right to study limited in time and content. The right to study cannot be exchanged for other studies or transferred to the next academic year.

If you cancel or interrupt your studies, the fee will not be refunded. The fee will only be refunded if Savonia UAS cancels the education or your medical condition prevents you from attending the studies (medical certificate must be presented). The registrant accepts the cancellation and payment terms when enrolling.

Study benefits
Studying at the Open UAS does not entitle to a study grant or study social benefits. If you are an unemployed jobseeker, negotiate your studies with the TE-Services before enrolling for the studies. If you are employed and on study leave, you can receive adult education allowances from the Employment Fund if the other conditions are met.

Enrolment
Binding enrolment period closes on 2.1.2022. The study places will be filled in the order of enrolment. See the privacy statement for how and where the information you provide on the enrolment form will be used.

For more information, please contact

• Regarding the content and implementation: Will be announced later
• In matters related to registration: Arja Hiltunen, arja.hiltunen@savonia.fi, avoinamk@savonia.fi

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