Manufacturing Analytics

Course Description:

This Manufacturing Analytics course, taught at Bridgerland Technical College, provides students with experience working as a data practitioner in the field of manufacturing. Utilizing real-world situations, students gain experience with the types of tasks that are required of data practitioners working in manufacturing. During the course, students go through the data cycle with multiple sets of data and different situations that can arise in manufacturing situations. Students optimize manufacturing data and practice predictive maintenance. Those who complete the course will be able to work with manufacturing data.

Course Contents:

Course materials include a syllabus and an .imscc file. The syllabus includes an introduction, course description, course objectives, course activities, employment skills, and more. The .imscc file includes numerous folders and files from the Canvas course. Below is a list of modules and a sample of topics:

• Module 1 - Introduction to Manufacturing Analytics
  • Introduction to Manufacturing Analytics Overview
    • Manufacturing in Data Analytics
    • Process Maps
    • Overall Equipment Effectiveness
• Module 2 - Lean Manufacturing
  • Lean Manufacturing Overview
  • Quality Control
• Module 3 - Preventative Maintenance
  • Preventative Maintenance Overview
  • Preventative Maintenance Intro & Concepts
  • Maintenance Metrics
• Module 4 - Production Forecasting and Supply Chain Management 
  • Production Forecasting and Supply Chain Management Overview
  • Production Forecasting and Supply Chain Management Intro & Concepts
• Module 5 - Final Project
  • Final Project Overview
  • Final Report