In INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Establishing top quality control methods for both life and work, and employing them in both private and professional areas. Top quality control and its evolution through time. The shifting of paradigms towards top quality control, and theories by the masters. Employment control. Team work. Customer service management. Top quality control awards and resources. Strategic and top quality control. Quality management. Textbooks: Greg Bounds, Lyle Yorks, Mel Adams and Gipsie Ranney, Beyond Total Quality Management, McGraw-Hill, 1994. Bruce Brocka and M. Suzanne, Quality Management, Implementing the Best Ideas of the Masters, Irwin, USA, 1992. Lawrence M. Miller and Jennifer Howard, Admministración de calidad a través de equipos, The Miller Consulting Group, Inc., 1991. Rafael David Rincón Bérmudez, Modelo de Autodiagnóstico para Instituciones de Educación Superior, Tesis presentada para obtener el Título de Maestro en Ciencias con Especialidad en Sistemas y Calidad, ITESM, Campus Monterrey, Mayo de 1994. Peter R. Scholtes, El Manual del Equipo, Cómo usar equipos para mejorar la calidad, Joiner Associates, 1991.
CAMPUS: ALL CAMPUSES
ACAD. PERIOD: SPRING & FALL
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH
In00811. INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING
History, development and future of engineering. History and development of industrial engineering and engineering systems. Principles of industrial and systems engineering. Job opportunities for industrial and systems engineers. The future of industrial and systems engineering. Textbook: Philip Hicks, Introducción a la Ingeniería Industrial y Ciencia de la Administración, Editorial CECSA.
CAMPUS: VER, CHIS, CHIH, CCM, C. JUA, CEM, GDA, HID, LAG, LEO, MTY, CVC, QRO, SALT, SLP, SIN, SON,TAMP, TOL, ZAC.
ACAD. PERIOD: SPRING & FALL
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH
Introduction to operations research. Implementing problems of mathematical programs. Methodologies for linear problem solutions. Methodologies for problem solving. Methodologies for network solutions. Textbook: Hamdy A. Taha, Investigación de operaciones, Alfaomega, quinta edición, 1992. Hiller and Liberman, Introducción a la investigación de operaciones, McGraw-Hill, 1990.
CAMPUS: VER, CHIS, CHIH, CCM, C. JUA, CEM, GDA, HID, LAG, LEO, MTY, CVC, QRO, SALT, SLP, SIN, SON,TAMP, TOL, ZAC.
ACAD. PERIOD: SPRING & FALL
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH
In00842. OPERATIONS RESEARCH II
Analytical formulation of waiting-line elements. General concepts of discrete-event stochastic simulation. Simulation of systems with general languages. Simulation through employment of GPSS. System animation. Validation and experimentation with simulation models. Textbook: Jerry Banks and John S. Carson, Discrete-Event System Simulation, Prentice Hall, 1984.
CAMPUS: VER, CHIS, CHIH, CCM, C. JUA, CEM, GDA, HID, LAG, LEO, MTY, CVC, QRO, SALT, SLP, SIN, SON,TAMP, TOL, ZAC.
ACAD. PERIOD: SPRING & FALL
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH
Productivity. The design process and factual information. Analysis of operations systems. Theories of work design. Standard times. Textbook: Stephan Konz, Diseño de sistemas de trabajo, Noriega-Limusa, 1993.
CAMPUS: VER, CHIS, CHIH, CCM, C. JUA, CEM, GDA, HID, LAG, LEO, MTY, CVC, QRO, SALT, SLP, SIN, SON,TAMP, TOL, ZAC.
ACAD. PERIOD: SPRING & FALL
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH
In00852. STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL.
Variability and quality. Basic concepts. Graphics for control and operations capacity. Acceptation sampling. Reliability. Custom graphics. Textbook: Jerry Banks, Principles of Statistical Quality Control, Wiley, 1989.
CAMPUS: VER, CHIS, CHIH, CCM, C. JUA, CEM, GDA, HID, LAG, LEO, MTY, CVC, QRO, SALT, SLP, SIN, SON, TAMP, TOL, ZAC.
ACAD. PERIOD: SPRING & FALL
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH
In00861. PROJECT EVALUATION
Introduction to engineering economy. Defining the evolution of the value of money. Defining and obtaining formulas of equivalency. Economic analysis of investment behavior. Evaluating the impact and effect of inflation on investment projects. Analyzing replacement alternatives. Analysis of sensitivity. Cost of capital. Risk factors and uncertainty of investment projects. Textbook: G.J. Thuesen and W.J. Fabrycky, Engineering Economy, Prentice Hall, 8th edition, 1993.
CAMPUS: VER, CHIS, CHIH, CCM, C. JUA, CEM, GDA, HID, LAG, LEO, MTY, CVC, QRO, SALT, SLP, SIN, SON, TAMP, TOL, ZAC.
ACAD. PERIOD: SPRING & FALL
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH
In00862. INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES PLANNING
Strategic facility planning. Product management. Basic roles, functions and principles. Quantitative theories. Evaluation, selection and development. Maintenance systems. Textbook: James Tompkins and John A. White, Facilities Planning, Ed. Wiley, 1984.
CAMPUS: VER, CHIS, CHIH, CCM, C. JUA, CEM, GDA, HID, LAG, LEO, MTY, CVC, QRO, SALT, SLP, SIN, SON, TAMP, TOL, ZAC.
ACAD. PERIOD: SPRING & FALL
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH
In00863. DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL VISION
Introduction to a company's operational system. The relationship between the operational system and other areas of the company. Productivity and performance. Product design and process selection. Plant's location and capacity plant. Production system classification. Basic principles of production management. Operational management strategies. Textbook: Chase and Aquilano, Production & Operations Management, Irwin, 6th edition.
CAMPUS: CCM, CEM, GDA, LAG, LEO, MTY, CVC, QRO, SLP, TOL.
ACAD. PERIOD: SPRING & FALL
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH
In00871. SYSTEMS IN PRODUCT MANUFACTURING, OPERATIONS, PLANNING AND
CONTROL.
Introduction to systems in product manufacturing. Information systems in manufacturing plants. Theories on manufacturing automation. Production systems. Numerical control. Computer-integrated manufacturing systems. Operations planning and control. Flexible manufacturing systems. Group technology. CAD/CAM. CIM. Textbook: Mikell P. Groover, Automation, Production, Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing.
CAMPUS: CCM, CEM, GDA, LAG, LEO, MTY, CVC, QRO, SLP, TOL.
ACAD. PERIOD: FALL
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH
Development of competitive marketing strategies. Total quality management for improving performance. Total quality management role-models in Mexico and other international markets, according to national and international quality control standards and award recipients. Implementing total quality management systems. Group work expected for designing a total quality manufacturing strategy for the company of their choice. Textbook: Johns, Oakland, Butterworth/Heinemann, Total Quality Management: The Route to Improving Performance, 1993. This course also reviews other articles and books related to the topic.
CAMPUS: VER, CHIS, CHIH, CCM, CEM, GDA, HID, LAG, LEO, MTY, CVC, QRO, SALT, SLP, SIN, SON, TAMP, TOL, ZAC.
ACAD. PERIOD: FALL
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH
In00875. PROJECT MANAGEMENT
"The student will be able to understand and apply the concepts and techniques
for planning, programming, controlling, closing
and following-up projects. Likewise, he/she will learn about the software packages
that will back up the use of these
techniques."
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH
In00881. PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT I
The role of inventory systems. Inventory role-models according to demand. New technology for inventory management. Distribution systems. Analysis of product distribution. Contemporary product distribution technology. Textbook: Steven Nahmias, Production and Operations Analysis, Ed Irwin, segunda edición, 1993.
CAMPUS: VER, CHIS, CHIH, CCM, CEM, GDA, HID, LAG, LEO, MTY, CVC, QRO, SALT, SLP, SIN, SON, TAMP, TOL, ZAC.
ACAD. PERIOD: FALL
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH
In00882. PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT II
Strategy and management of goods and/or services. Resource planning of goods and/or services. Operations analysis of goods and/or services. Manufacturing management. Textbook: Steven Nahmias, Production and Operations Analysis, Ed. Irwin, segunda edición, 1993.
CAMPUS: CCM, CEM, MTY & QRO
ACAD. PERIOD: SPRING & FALL
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH
. In00884. INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
Manufacturing systems. Group technology. Scheduling of manufacturing
operations. Manufacturing control. Numeric control. Robotics.
Integrated manufacturing systems. Textbook: David Bedworth, Mark
R. Henderson and Philip M. Wolfe, Computer Integrated Design and
Manufacturing, McGraw Hill, 1991.
In00886. AUTPMATIZED MANUFACTURING
"To apply the concepts and implement the techniques and the automation
equipment in the manufacturing processes by
means of evaluating and designing a manufacturing system. Likewise, the student
will use the equipment for a
manufacturing flexible system assisted by computers."
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH
. In00893. SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR DECISION MAKING
The management process in manufacturing companies. Support systems
for product planning. Support systems for production scheduling.
Support systems for production control. Support systems for strategic
decision making in manufacturing companies. Textbook: Elyahu M.
Goldratt, El síndrome del pajar, Editorial Castillo; Felipe
Quintanilla F., Administración de empresas de manufactura.
. In00894. PROJECT FEASIBILITY
Introduction to the study of project feasibility. Creation and
selection of ideas for investment. Market research. Study of technical
feasibility. Analysis and selection of financing options. Financial
and economic assessment. Consideration of a project's social impact.
Textbook: A. Sánchez and H. Cantú, El plan de negocios
del emprendedor, McGraw Hill, Mexico City, 1993.
. In00895. ENGINEERING PROJECTS
Students develop an applied project in industrial engineering
and/or systems engineering. Selecting and defining a problematic
situation. Developing a proposal. Preparing reports on progress
made. Developing a final presentation. Giving the final presentation.
. In00981. PRODUCTION LABORATORY
Measuring operations. Process analysis and design. Selecting equipment
for handling materials. Defining cause of work. Plant distribution.
Textbook: David Porter, Juan Hinojosa and Jesús S. Garza,
Manual de ergonomía, ITESM.
. In00984. INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS LABORATORY
Manufacturing planning with AMNET and METASHOP. Manufacturing
control through AMNET. Robot programming and control. Visual inspection
systems. Numeric control for trimming operations. Manufacturing
a product in a flexible manufacturing cell. Textbook: R. Abella,
E. García and D. Porter, Práctica de laboratorio
de sistemas integrados de manufactura.