Automation and Computer Integrated Manufacturing
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The official GTU curriculum for Automation and Computer Integrated Manufacturing (subject code 3724713) as prescribed for M · Semester 2 divides the course into 7 units, covering 31 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3724713)Unit 1 Introduction
- Manufacturing operations and production facilities
- production performance
- Realizing CIM and future trends in manufacturing
Unit 2 Concurrent Engineering
- Serial versus concurrent engineering
- benefits of concurrent engineering
- difficulties and techniques of concurrent engineering
Unit 3 Manufacturing Planning and Control System
- Demand management
- Material requirement planning
- MRP lot sizing problem
- capacity planning
- shop floor control
Unit 4 Just-in-Time Manufacturing System
- Pull versus push system
- types of Kanban
- Alternative JIT systems
- Just –in-Time purchasing
- barrier and benefits of JIT
Unit 5 Group Technology and Computer Aided Process Planning
- Importance of Group Technology (GT)
- various classification and coding system used in GT, machine sequencing
- machine grouping
- Steps in developing process planning
- process planning approaches
- variant and generative process planning system
Unit 6 Flexible Manufacturing Systems and Automated Material Handling System
- Types of flexibilities
- components of FMS
- Layout consideration
- FMS benefits
- Analysis of automated storage and retrieval (AS/RS) system
- automated guided vehicles (AGVs)
Unit 7 Assembly Lines
- Manual and Automated assembly lines
- work station consideration
- alternative assembly lines 4 Subject Code:3724713 w.e.f