MicroMasters® in Principles of Manufacturing

The Principles of Manufacturing are a set of elements common to all manufacturing industries that revolve around the concepts of flow and variations. These principles have emerged from working closely with manufacturing industries at both the research and operational levels. This program provides students with a fundamental basis for understanding and controlling rate, quality and cost in a manufacturing enterprise. Targeted towards graduate-level engineers, product designers, and technology developers with an interest in a career in advanced manufacturing, the program will help learners understand and apply these principles to product and process design, factory and supply chain design, and factory operations. This curriculum focusses on the analysis, characterization and control of flow and variation at different levels of the enterprise through the following subject areas: