Mechanical Engineering

Current context and definition of the main areas of interest, classification criteria and characterization of industrial plants, targets and functions of production systems. Life cycle and development phases. Performance measures: flexibility, service level, production performance, reliability. Management Control: the economic-financial cycle and management control systems. General accounting and financial statements. Analytical accounting. The budget. The analysis of industrial investments: the determination of cash flows and evaluation methods, criteria for choosing the rate of profitability. The design of production systems and processes: objectives, size, articulation, and representations. The engineering of products and processes. The configuration of production systems: determining and balancing the number of resource (number of workstations, warehouses, and work in process). The study of layout: types of problems, data, and information. The analysis of sequences and combinability of processes. Determination of spaces. The study and design of warehouses, handling systems and plant services: criteria for sizing.

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Lecture notes and exercises available for download from the website https://sites.google.com/a/uniroma1.it/giuliodigravio/insegnamenti/impianti-industriali.

Theoretical lessons for all the topics and classroom exercises of modelling aspects. Teaching lectures are supported by sessions of video projections and gamification contests for the verification of the effectiveness of teaching in the classroom.

Classroom, not mandatory

The objective of the exam is to verify the level of achievement of the learning objectives. The oral exam is a verification of what has been learned, in particular of the theoretical contents of the course. To obtain a 30/30 cum laude, the student must demonstrate to have acquired an excellent knowledge of all the topics of the course, being able to connect them in a logical and coherent way, also with examples of application.

Theoretical lessons for all the topics and classroom exercises of modelling aspects. Teaching lectures are supported by sessions of video projections and gamification contests for the verification of the effectiveness of teaching in the classroom.