Course Title: Improve cost factors in work practices

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2010

Course Code: BUSM5831C

Course Title: Improve cost factors in work practices

School: 350T Fashion & Textiles

Campus: Brunswick Campus

Program: C5210 - Diploma of Textile Technology and Production Management

Course Contact : Rafael Beltran

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9179

Course Contact Email:rafael.beltran@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 50

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

This course covers the skills and knowledge required to improve cost factors in work practices. Students will assess the relative costs of alternatives and use this in decision making to the betterment of throughput and cycle times.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

MCMT430A Improve cost factors in work practices

Element:

1. Analyse cost components of team’s functions
2. Improve cost efficiency of team processes

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Identify cost components in the product or process
1.2 Identify costs factors under control of the team
1.3 Identify causes of variability in costs
1.4 Analyse impact of costs on production or process activities
undertaken by team
2.1 Identify methods of improving productivity and/or reducing
costs within team's area of responsibility
2.2 Determine cost/ benefit ratio of alternative methods
improving productivity and/or reducing costs
2.3 Consult with all relevant stakeholders regarding possible
changes
2.4 Recommend changes which will increase productivity and
reduce cost and variability
2.5 Implement recommended changes in consultation with
relevant stakeholders


Learning Outcomes



Details of Learning Activities

Lectures, tutorials, online activities, workshops where students are challenged to reflect and debate on different value positions, concepts and issues. They are required to actively engage in case study material, problem solving activities, videos, self-reflection and discussion.


Teaching Schedule

Week Beginning Weekly Schedule Element
Performance Criteria
8 February 10 Data analysis, data handling, frequency distribution  1.3, 2 (MCMT452A)
15 February 10 Statistical process control tools, check sheet, Root cause analysis  2.4, 2.5 (MCMT452A)
22 February 10 Pareto analysis, Box plot, practical trial of pareto  2.4, 2.5 (MCMT452A)
1 March 10 Control limits, control charts for variables  3, 3.1, 2.1, 2.2 (MCMT452A)
8 March 10 (labour Day) Control charts for attributes, Run chart  2.1, 2.3 (MCMT452A)
15 March 10 Sampling scheme, different types of sampling  1.1 (MCMT452A)
22 March 09 AQL and determination of sampling size  1.1 (MCMT452A)
5 April 10 Cost of non-conformance  2.6 (MCMT452A)
12 April 10 Cost Components  1.1 (MCMT230A)
19 April 10 Cost analysis, constraints to cost, cost variables, cost benefit analysis  1.2, 1.3, 1.4 (MCMT230A)
26 April 10 (ANZAC Day) Stakeholder analysis, Internal / external customer  2.3, 2.5 (MCMT230A)
3 May 10 Lean manufacturing, JIT  2.1, 2.4 (MCMT230A)
10 May 10 Kaizen  2.1, 2.4 (MCMT230A)
17 May 10 5S  2.1, 2.4 (MCMT230A)
24 May 10 Total quality awareness, TPM, 6 sigma  2.2 (MCMT230A)
31 May 10  QUIZ  
7 June 10 Quick revision and any Queries  


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References

For MCMT452A : Study material and internet

For MCMT230A: Apply Competitive manufacturing practices, Implementing a competitive manufacturing system, Improve cost factors in work practices by Aspire training and consulting,
• Rother and Shook, “Value stream mapping workshop”, Lean Enterprise Australia, 2002.
• Womack and Jones, “Learning to see”, The Lean Enterprise Institute, USA, 2003


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Students will study the course, Improve cost factors, in tutorials, prescribed exercises and assessment work.


Assessment Tasks

Assessment Tasks for MCMT452A (Apply Statistics to Processes in Manufacturing)

Assessment No 1 --Quiz 
Assessment No 2 --Exercise and practical example 
Assessment No 3 --In class activity 
Assessment No 4 --Exercise 
Assessment No 5 --Test 


Assessment Tasks for MCMT230A (Apply Cost Factors to Work Practices)

Assessment No 6 --Quiz 
Assessment No 7 --Game, Observation, Discussion and Quiz 
Assessment No 8 --Workplace activity, Observation and Quiz 
Assessment No 9 --Quiz 


Assessment Matrix

Element Quiz Exercise Practical Example / In class Activity Game / Observation Work place activity / Observation
1. MCMT452A / Collect Process Data YES        

2. MCMT452A / Interpret data
YES YES YES    
3. MCMT452A / Calculate Control Limits YES        
4. MCMT230A / Analyse cost components of team’s function   YES      
5. MCMT230A / Improve cost efficiency of team processes. YES     YES YES

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