BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani

Pilani Campus
First Semester 2017-2018
Instruction Division
Course Handout (Part II)
Date: 02/08/2017

In addition to Part I (General Handout for all courses appended to the Time Table), this portion
gives further specific details regarding the course.

Course No. : MSE G521

Course Title : WORLD CLASS MANUFACTURING
Instructor In-charge : ABHIJEET K. DIGALWAR

1. Course Description

The world-class manufacturing challenge, Developing world-class manufacturing strategy, Lean, Green
and Agile manufacturing strategy, Total quality management, Total employee involvement, Total
productive maintenance, Decision making methods, World-class information systems, Knowledge
management, Managing the change, Monitoring the world-class performance.

2. Scope and Objectives

 To promote a good foundation in World-class Manufacturing,

 To explain the various concepts and philosophies in more detail for design of strategies
for World-class Manufacturing,
 To develop familiarity with different decision making tools for evaluation and selection
of best practices for world class manufacturing.
 To develop skills for implementation of World-class Manufacturing concepts and
philosophies

3. Prescribed Text Book

T1. Jim Todd, “World-class Manufacturing”, McGraw Hill, London, 1995
T2. Nicholas, John M., “Competitive Manufacturing Management”, Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt.
Ltd. New Delhi, 2012.
T3. Sahay, B.S., Saxena, K.B.C. and Kumar, A., World-class Manufacturing- A Strategic Perspective,
Macmillan India Limited, New Delhi, 2005.
T4. Research papers published in WCM domain.

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4. Reference Books
R1. Voss C.A., "Manufacturing Strategy: Process and Content", Chapman & Hall, London, 1992.
R2. Besterfield D. H., et al., "Total Quality Management", Pearson Education, 1999.
R3. Nakajima, S., “Introduction to Total Productive Maintenance”, Productivity Press, 1988.
R4. Pascal, D., “Lean production simplified”, 2nd Edition, Productivity Press, 2007

5. Course Plan
Module Number Lecture session/Tutorial Session. Reference Learning Outcome
1. Introduction to World L1.1.Introduction to WCM, Evolution T1, T2 and To understand the
Class Manufacturing of manufacturing T4 importance of world
(WCM). class manufacturing
L 1.2. Craft production to mass T1, T2 and and how the
production, tools and techniques, T4. evolution of
strategies manufacturing taken
place
L1.3. Mass production to Lean T1, T2 and
production to digital manufacturing, T4
tools, techniques and strategies

2. Introduction to basic L2.1 Tools and Techniques (Planning T1, T2 and To understand the
WCM tools and techniques and Design) T4 various tools and
techniques available
L2.2.Tools and Techniques T1, T2 and for WCM practices
(Manufacturing and Distribution) T4

L2.3 Cases discussion T4

3. Manufacturing Strategy. L3.1 Operations strategy, strategic R1 To understand

approaches to manufacturing, various
manufacturing
L3.2 Benchmarking processes T4 and R2 strategies and to to
learn how to
L3.3 Process of manufacturing strategy R1
formulate and
formulation and implementation
implement the
L3.4 Case studies T4 strategy

4. Decision making tools L4.1 Introduction to decision making T4 Understanding the

,techniques and tools, MCDM, MADM and MODM various decision
methodologies making tools,
L4.2. AHP, TOPSIS, ISM, VIKOR, T4 techniques and
ELECTRE etc. methodologies and

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L4.3 Fuzzy Set of Theory, Integrated T4 their applications
and Hybrid Approaches

L4.5 TOC, Six Sigma, QFD, DoE etc. T4

5. Total Quality L5.1. Introduction, Quality evolution, R2 and T4 To understand the

Management tools and techniques, importance and
applications of TQM
L5.2. principles and processes of TQM R2 and T4 for WCM practices.
formulation and implementation

L 5.3 TQM Frameworks R2 and T4

T5.4 Case studies T4

6. Lean Manufacturing L6.1. Introduction to lean, 5S, wastes R4 and T4 To understand the
identifications and elimination importance and
techniques applications of LM
for WCM practices.
L6.2. Jidoka, Kanban, mistake proofing, R4 and T4
Kaizen, Hoshin planning, Line
balancing etc.

L 6.3 Value engineering and analysis, R4 and T4

value stream mapping

L6.4 Lean manufacturing T4

implementation frameworks

L6.5 Case studies R4 and T4

7. Total Productive L7.1. Introduction to various R3 and T4 To understand the

Maintenance maintenance system, overview of TPM, importance and
applications of TPM
L7.2 Pillars, Reliability, maintainability, R3 and T4 for WCM practices.
MTBF, MTTR, OEE,

L 7.3 TPM implementation frameworks R3 and T4

L 7.4 Case studies T4

8. Other Issues of WCM L8.1 Overview of sustainability aspects T4 To understand the

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L8.2. Overview of Green Manufacturing T4 advances and recent
and circular economy developments in the
manufacturing
L8.3 Overview of sustainable supply T4 organizations
chain

9. Corporate Social L 9.1 Role of CSR in WCM T4 To understand CSR

Responsibility importance and need

10 Industry 4.0 L10.1 Industry 4.0 and readiness of T4 To understand

Indian manufacturing industries Industry 4.0 and
readiness of Indian
manufacturing
industries

11. Standards, L 11.1 ISO standards T4 To understand the

Certifications and various standards,
Performance Measurement L11.2 MBNAQA, Deming, Golden T4 awards, certifications
Systems Peacock National Quality Award, and PMS and their
Business Excellence Award, other best importance for WCM
practices awards and criteria for awards
and certifications

L11.3 Overview of performance T 4

measurement systems

L11.4 Comparison of various PMS for T4

WCM

L11.5 Development and validation of T4

PM for WCM

6. Evaluation Scheme:
Evaluation Weightage
Date & Time Remarks
Component (Marks)
Mid-Sem. 30% (30) 14/10 11:00 - 12:30 PM Closed Book
13/12 AN Closed Book/Open
Comprehensive 40% (40)
Book
Project, Assignments, Class To be announced in the
30 % (30) Open Book
tests/presentations class

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After completing this course the students will be able to

1) Understand the fundamental concepts, strategies, principles and philosophy for world
class manufacturing
2) Select appropriate manufacturing strategy in terms of required situations
3) Able to use different decision making tools.
4) Able to identify and validate the performance measurements for world class
manufacturing.

Closed Book Test: No reference material of any kind will be permitted inside the exam hall.

Open Book Exam: Use of any printed / written reference material (books and notebooks) will
be permitted inside the exam hall. Loose sheets of paper will not be permitted. Computers of any
kind will not be allowed inside the exam hall. Use of calculators will be allowed in all exams. No
exchange of any material will be allowed.

Note:

It shall be the responsibility of the individual student to be regular in maintaining the self study
schedule as given in the course handout, attend lectures as per the schedule announced in
Nalanda. Mid Semester Test and Comprehensive Examination are according to the Evaluation
Scheme given in the respective Course Handout. If the student is unable to appear for the
Regular Test/Examination due to genuine exigencies, the student must refer to the procedure for
applying for Make-up Test/Examination. No make up for the class tests/presentations.

(Abhijeet K. Digalwar)
Instructor In charge
MSE G521.

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