Improve Workforce Efficiency

Course #: 2549
Duration: 10 hours
Course Prerequisites: Introduction to Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry (Block X02);
What Students Learn: Nature of Engineering Economy; Operating Costs; Investment Methods; Annual-Cost Method; Present-Worth Method; Interest Tables; Bonds; Rate-of-Return Method; Engineering Valuation; Break-Even and Changeover Charts; Canons of Ethics for Engineers.

Course #: 2555A-B
Duration: 20 hours
Course Prerequisites: Engineering Technology Orientation, Part 1 (062002); Engineering Technology Orientation, Part 2 (062003);
What Students Learn: PART 1 (2555A). Definition; Scope, Importance, Advantages, and Nature of Layout Projects; Effect of Storage, Services, and Materials Handling on Plant Layout; Collection and Analysis of Data Necessary for the Development of Layout; Procedure and Tools Used for Development and Presentation of Layouts.
PART 2 (2555B). Industrial Layout; Growth Planning; Manufacturing Plant Layouts; Warehouse Design; Types of Warehouses; Use of Computer; Design Factors; Alternatives and Implementation.

Course #: 2580
Duration: 10 hours
Course Prerequisites: Engineering Technology Orientation, Part 1 (062002); Engineering Technology Orientation, Part 2 (062003);
What Students Learn: Nature of Production Control; Functions and Documents in Manufacturing Industry; Demand Forecasting; Economic Order Quantity; Make-or-Buy Decisions; Inventory Systems; Planning Production; Critical Path Method.

Course #: 2590
Duration: 10 hours
Course Prerequisites: Engineering Technology Orientation, Part 1 (062002); Engineering Technology Orientation, Part 2 (062003);
What Students Learn: Basic Concepts of Quality Control; Quantity Costs and Their Control; Quality Policies and the Marketplace; Measurement; Inspection Function; Control Function; Vendor Relations; Role of Statistical Methods; Manufacturing Planning for Quality; Quality Improvement.

Course #: 2600
Duration: 10 hours
Course Prerequisites: Engineering Technology Orientation, Part 1 (062002); Engineering Technology Orientation, Part 2 (062003); Practical Measurements (Block X22);
What Students Learn: Fundamentals of Material Control; Acquisition of Materials; Storage of Materials; Control of Materials during Manufacture; Paperwork Control; Systems Approach to Materials Control.

Course #: 2552A-B
Duration: 20 hours
Course Prerequisites: Jobs, Companies, and the Economy: Basic Concepts for Employees (186034); Basic Industrial Math (Block X21); Practical Measurements (Block X22);
What Students Learn: PART 1 (2552A). Operation Analysis Procedure; Procedure for Effecting Operation Improvements; Select of Process and Tooling.
PART 2 (2552B). Working Conditions; Plant Layout and Material Handling; Motion Study.
Components: Operation Analysis, Part 1 (2552A); Operation Analysis, Part 2 (2552B);

Course #: 7000A-E
Duration: 50 hours
Course Prerequisites: Practical English (2430A-F);
What Students Learn: PART 1 (7000A). Writing Business Communications: Common Characteristics of Effective Written Communications; Analyzing Your Audience and Adapting Your Writing Style; Business Letters  Planning, Appearance and Accuracy, Style, Arranging Paragraphs; Special Types; Business Letters as Public Relations Tools; Principles of Style for Business Letters - Using the First Person, Sentence Style, Paragraph Style, Choosing Words (diction).
PART 2 (7000B). Designing Business Communications: Organizing Documents; Organizing and Constructing an Outline; Memorandum and Letter Formats; Headings; Visual Aids - Tables, Graphs, Photographs, Flowcharts; Writing the Business Report.
PART 3 (7000C). Writing Effectively: Writing Effective Sentences - How Words Work Together in Sentences, Using Pronouns and Verbs, Avoiding Sentence Fragments and Run-Ons, Placing Modifiers, Punctuation; Mechanical Elements of Effective Writing - Using Numbers, Abbreviating, Hyphenating Compound Words, Capitalizing.
PART 4 (7000D). Researching and Documenting: Finding Information; Library Research: Other Sources of Information; Evaluating Source Material; Note-Taking; Documenting and Citing Sources of Information.
PART 5 (7000E). Writing Proposals: External and Internal Proposals; Differences between Proposals and Reports; Components of an Informal Proposal; Components of a Formal Proposal; How to Evaluate a Formal Proposal.

Special Notes: This new course replaces Report Writing, (6063A-B) and Business English, (2431A-D).

Course #: VB01XX
Duration: 0.88 hours
What Students Learn: The management presentation addresses the needs of managers and supervisors in both the implementation of SPC and in the functions of their department personnel.
Components: Introducing SPC to Management and Supervisory Personnel (VB0101); SPC Overview for Managers and Supervisors (VB0102); SPC of Variables for Managers and Supervisors (VB0103); SPC of Attribute Data for Managers and Supervisors (VB0104);

Course #: VB30XX
Duration: 0.97 hours
What Students Learn: Any manufacturing system, no matter what it produces, must have certain components in order to operate efficiently. These features have been organized into a schematic, the Universal Systems Model, to show how they work together. This program explores each of those components. Program Activity Sheets (PAS) are available to further enhance the student's retention with a series of questions.
Components: Feedback and Outputs (VB3004); Defining Inputs (VB3001); Determining Resources (VB3002); Basic Processes (VB3003);