ORIE 4100 - Manufacturing Systems Design: A Consulting Boot Camp

Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Enrollment limited to: seniors. ORIE majors may use this course to satisfy the Engineering Communication requirement. Co-meets with ORIE 5100. Some students have nicknamed this course “Consulting 101”.

E. Gentsch.

This project-based course puts students in the roles of analysts and advisors to an industrial firm facing broad challenges in customer service, product quality, market share, and profitability. Students, working in teams, design a manufacturing logistics system and conduct capacity, material flow, and cost analyses of their design. By taking a view that integrates marketing, distribution, manufacturing, and engineering, students help the company transform into a world-class competitor.