Industry Overview Course
This course provides a basic overview and understanding of the manufacturing industry.
Learning Objectives
- Recall examples of how manufacturing transforms raw materials into useful goods.
- Distinguish between different types of manufacturing and production methods.
- Recognize the characteristics of the manufacturing value chain.
- Identify some of the challenges impacting the industry.
Course Content
- What is Manufacturing?
- Transformation
- Assets Required
- The Soda Can
- Supply Chain
- Introduction
- Overview
- Overview Continued
- Case Study Introduction
- Case Study
- Customers
- Knowledge Check
- The Manufacturing Environment
- Production Environment
- Types of Manufacturing
- Productions Models
- Knowledge Check
- Knowledge Check
- The Business of Manufacturing
- Introduction
- Making Money
- Minimizing Cost
- Knowledge Check
- Industry Challenges
- Introduction
- Technology
- Macroeconomics
- Changing Demographics
- Sustainability
- Regulations and Compliance
- Data & Systems
- Bill of Materials
- Recipes and Formulae
- IT Networks
- Knowledge Check
- Final Assessment