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Apr 29, 2024
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Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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BMDT 106 Manufacturing and Production Control5 credits
This course includes comprehensive, hands-on manufacturing and production training for biomedical device manufacturing technologists based on real-life situations. Students develop use of tools, insights, and confidence to strengthen their own performance in critical thinking, productivity, time management, quality auditing, and problem solving in a team environment. Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma concepts are also studied.
Prerequisites: BMDT 100 , BMDT 101 , BMDT 102 , and BMDT 103
Corequisites: BMDT 104 and BMDT 105
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Describe lean manufacturing principles and how they are utilized in medical device manufacturing
- Identify the need for and perform rework
- Interpret and apply specific instructions per procedures
- Utilize standard testing procedures to find bugs and issues
- Read blueprints, data, manuals, and other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures, adjustment methods, certification processes, formulas, and/or measuring instruments required
- Work productively in an industrial team environment
- Assess the impact of independent judgement and accept responsibility for decisions
- Review test results, compare information to criteria, and draw accurate conclusions
- Apply problem solving methods and continuous improvement techniques
- Adopt and adapt skills and knowledge acquired during training
- Apply ergonomic principles in the workplace
- Calibrate or adjust equipment to ensure quality production using accurate measurement tools
- Explain how to monitor production and quality metrics
- Perform quality auditing
Total Hours: 80 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 20 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 60
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