Università Roma Tre

Technique and technology; Technical progress and economy; evolution of technology. Technological innovation: definition, classification; main theories on technological innovation; Technological innovation and effects in the short, medium and long term. Research and innovation.
Industrial automation: meaning and historical evolution. The map of industrial automation: classification criteria. Market and development of industrial automation
technology and production organization: from the steam engine to the assembly line; from mechanization to lean production through rigid and flexible automation. The integrated system and the automated system.
Relationship between organization of production processes and organization of work and company: traditional organization; enlarged; systemic; integrated.
Systems of coordination and control of company organization and current trends: from the hierarchical model to the holonic-virtual company.
Production processes: The new needs and the strategic parameters of production. Main kind of production processes: job shop process, batch, line and continuous.
Production cycles: technological, economic and environmental aspects.
Production management: Production plans. Demand forecasts. Project Management. Material management. Production control.
Production management techniques: The push and pull logic. The Just in Time logic and Lean Production. The MRP II system. The new production management models.
Quality: historical evolution; quality management and tools.

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