SSIE 510- Enterprise Systems Engineering

Fall 2014

Managing the Enterprise as a System By the state of its processes

Instructor:

Srikanth (Sri) Poranki, Ph.D.

Office Hours: 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM, Monday Location: EB T12 or by appointment

(Email: sporanki@binghamton.edu)
Teaching Assistant: Mr. Mustafa Al Kuisi
Office Hours: Noon to 1:00 PM, Tuesday & Thursday or by appointment Location: EB T5
(Email: malkuis1@binghamton.edu)
Text:

None. The students who are enrolled in this course would be required to do a substantial
amount of reading. They may need to procure the requisite books for this purpose. Extensive
library research is also envisaged towards preparation for classes, for homeworks and for
projects.

Objectives
Set the foundation for Systems Science (SS)/Industrial Engineering (IE) students to think beyond the
technical aspects of the trade and begin the journey to expand their business acumen, strengthen their
execution capabilities as well as place them in the context of the Enterprise of the 21st Century.
Provide students with relevant, world-class overview of critical skills required to grow their career.
Create foundation for beginning to build an executive mind and presence.
Present and discuss proven frameworks for thriving in small, medium and large enterprises.
Identify key macro tendencies that will be part of the professional life of professional leaders.
Topics to Be Covered
Evolution of manufacturing eras and prominent figures in manufacturing, the industrial revolution, the
Ford System, Statistical Quality Control, TPS, JIT, lean manufacturing, Supply Chain Management,
Tompkins 20 Principles of Winning Manufacturing
Introduction and classification of enterprises, along with case studies
The process of systems engineering introduction, three laws of Systems Engineering, the Systems
Engineering Process, Operational Requirements
Systems thinking
Product life cycle including Product Life Cycle Management, Product Data Management, Product
Portfolio Management
Common manufacturing systems Introduction, Components of a manufacturing system, Manufacturing
environment, Classification, Manufacturing terminologies, FMS, Little's Law, Line balancing
Total Quality Management (TQM) principles an introduction, dimensions of quality, meaning of quality,
cost of quality, 7 tools of quality, six sigma
Business Process Modeling (BPM) - Understanding BPM, BPM perspectives, steps involved in BPM,
modeling techniques, BPM perspectives and techniques, handoff analysis
Value Based Management/Manufacturing including Value Stream Mapping
Lean thinking, lean manufacturing Lean and Lean manufacturing, Evolution, Lean manufacturing

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concepts, Lean manufacturing tools and methods, Implementing Lean, Lean and Six-sigma, Case studies
The role of organizational culture
New product introduction
Complex enterprise systems engineering for operational excellence

Grade Dependence
The course would have three home works (1 additional home work for EngiNet students ONLY), four in class
quizzes (For on-campus students ONLY), three book reports, a term paper, a term project, and a take-home
final exam. For on-campus students, all home works and the term project would need to be done in groups
(maximum number of three per team). The quizzes, book reports, term papers, and the final exam would be
individual. An individual cannot be in the same team for more than one project or homework. For off-campus
students (EngiNet), homeworks could be done in groups or individually. This would be worked out on a caseby-case basis. All homeworks, the term paper, and the project would require extensive library work. Oncampus students may be required to present their work in class. Assignments (home works, book reports, term
paper, and the project) that are submitted after the due date will be penalized in grade. All work submitted for
the quizzes, homeworks, project, term paper, and exams must be your own unaided work.
The weightage assigned would be as follows:
Homework #1
Homework #2
Homework #3
Quiz #1
Quiz #2
Quiz #3
Quiz #4
Homework #4
Book Report #1
Book Report #2
Book Report #3
Term Paper
Term Project
Final Exam
Participation/Attendance

10%
10%
10%
1.25%
1.25%
1.25%
1.25%
5%
5%
5%
5%
10%
20%
15%
5%

09.29.2014
10.20.2014
11.17.2014
------------11.03.2014 (Enginet Only)
09.15.2014
10.06.2014
10.27.2014
11.24.2014
12.03.2014
Due on Monday, Dec.15, 2014 at 4.00 pm

Attendance & Class Participation

Regular classroom attendance is expected of all Oncampus students. Course grade would reflect not only
performance on written assignments and exams, but also participation during the class. As discussions cannot
be reproduced, many times absences cannot truly be made up. Excessive absences therefore have a negative
effect on the students learning and performance. Reasonable provisions would be made by the instructor for
documented representation at University-sponsored athletic or academic functions, mandatory military training
and documented illness. Class attendance and participation would constitute 5% of the final grade and is
subject to change.

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General Comments
All written work would be graded both on what is said and how it is said. The evaluation determinant is
quality and not just quantity. The responses should be thorough yet concise, well organized, and
clearly written and presented. All work should be professionally prepared.
The due dates for off-campus (EngiNet) students for homework, book reports, term paper, and the final
exam would be the same as for on-campus students. The final exam (take home) would be from
December 10 15, 2014.
Honesty Policy
As mentioned above, all work should be your own. If you are allowed to work in teams, then that would be
acceptable (for homeworks and the term project). You are not allowed to get assistance from others who are
not enrolled in this class or those who are not an integral part of your team. Please reference all information
used in your responses appropriately. Failure to comply with the aforementioned honesty policy (including
seemingly minor infractions) will result in an 'F' in the course.
Knowledge of Computer Programming
As a part of the term project, the graduate student(s) would be required to design and develop a computer
based system. Consequently, students enrolled in this course would need to program in a computer language of
their choice.
Suggested Reference Books / Texts
1. Askin, R.G. & Standridge, C.R., 'Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems', John Wiley & Sons,
New York, 1993.
2. Chang, T.C., Wysk, R.A., & Wang, H.P., 'Computer Aided Manufacturing', Prentice Hall, Third Edition,
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2005.
3. Hopp, W., Spearman, M., Factory Physics, McGraw Hill, New York, 2000.
4. Galsworth, G.D. 'Visual Systems - Harnessing the Power of the Visual Workplace', American Management
Association, New York, 1997.
5. Goldratt, E.M., 'Theory of Constraints', North River Press, Great Barrington, Mass, 1990.
6. Goldratt, E.M., 'The Goal', Second Revised Edition, North River Press, Great Barrington, Mass, 1992.
7. Goldratt, E.M., 'It's Not Luck', North River Press, Great Barrington, Mass, 1994
8. Goldratt, E.M., 'The Critical Chain', North River Press, Great Barrington, Mass, 1997.
9. Goldratt, E.M., 'Necessary But Not Sufficient', North River Press, Great Barrington, Mass, 2000.
10. Grove, A.S., 'Only the Paranoid Survive', Doubleday, New York, 1999.
11. Jones, D. T, Daniel R. and Womack, J.P., The Machine that Changed the World, Macmillan Publishing
Company, New York City, 1990.
12. Wheeler, D.J., Understanding Variation, SPC Press, Knoxville, 2000.
13. Hill, T., 'Manufacturing Strategy', Third Edition, McGraw Hill, New York, 2000.
14. Henderson, B.A., & Larco, J.L., 'Lean Transformation', First Edition, Oaklea Press, Richmond, Virginia,
1999.
15. Chakravarty, A K., Market Driven Enterprise, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2001.
16. Koenig, D.T., 'Computer Integrated Manufacturing - Theory and Practice', Hemisphere Publishing
Corporation., New York, 1990.
17. O'Sullivan, D., Manufacturing Systems Redesign, PTR Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1994.
18. Tompkins, J.A., Y.A. Bozer, E. Frazelle, J. Tanchoco, and J. White, Facilities Planning, 3rd Edition, John

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Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2003.

19. Uhlrich, K.T. & Eppinger, S.D., 'Product Design and Development', Second Edition, McGraw Hill, New
York, 2000.
20. Vajpayee, S.K., 'Principles of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing', Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River,
New Jersey, 1995.
21. Clason, T., Fast Cycle Production: The Manufacturing Philosophy That Always Works, 1st Books,
Bloomington, 2003.
22. Walker, J.M., 'Handbook of Manufacturing Engineering', Marcel Dekker, New York, 1996.
23. Womack, J.P., & Jones, D.T., 'Lean Thinking', Simon and Schuster, New York, 1996.
24. Friedman, T., The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, Picador, New York, 2007.
25. Blanchard, B., & Fabrycky, System Engineering and Analysis, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper
Saddle River, New Jersey, 2005.
26. George, M. L., Lean Six Sigma for Service, McGraw-Hill Companies, NY, 2003.
27. Cardoso, J., Van Der Aalst, W., "Handbook of Research on Business Process Modeling", Information
Science Reference, New York, 2009.
28. Schein, E.H., Organizational Culture and Leadership, John Wiley, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2010.
29. Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan and Charles Burck,Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done,
by Publisher: Crown Business; 1 edition (June 15, 2002). ISBN-13: 978-0609610572
30. Ram Charan, What the CEO Wants You to Know : How Your Company Really Works, Publisher:
Crown Business; 1 edition (February 13, 2001). ISBN-13: 978-0609608395
31. Glenn Llopis.Earning Serendipity: 4 Skills for Creating and Sustaining Good Fortune in Your Work,
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press; 1 edition (May 1, 2009). ISBN-13: 978-1929774913
Suggested Journal Publications and Conference Proceedings
1. Computers and Industrial Engineering
2. Decision Sciences Journal Econometrica
3. European Journal of Operational Research
4. International Journal of Industrial Engineering
5. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
6. International Journal of Production Research
7. International Journal of Production Economics
8. International Journal of Operations & Production Management
9. IIE Transactions
10. IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing
11. IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing
12. Journal of Simulation
13. Omega
14. Operations Research
15. Proceedings Winter Simulation Conference; Also available at www.wintersim.org
16. The Engineering Economist
17. International Journal for Quality in Health Care
Most of the above journals can be accessed through the metaLink website through the BU Library. Some
of the databases include INSPEC, Emerald Insight and Science Direct.

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Suggested Websites
1. Lean.org, available at http://www.lean.org/
2. Goldratt Institute, available at http://www.goldratt.com/
3. Institute of Industrial Engineers, available at http://www.iienet2.org/Default.aspx
4. Demings Institute, available at http://www.deming.org/
5. Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership, available at http://www.wmep.org/
6. Marketing Intelligence, available at http://www.marketing-intelligence.co.uk/resources/humour.htm
7. Business Process Reengineering, available at http://www.brint.com/BPR.htm
8. American Society for Quality, available at http://www.asq.org/
9. iSixSigma, available at http://www.isixsigma.com/
10. Toyota Production System Terms, available at http://www.toyotageorgetown.com/terms.asp
11. An Introduction to ERP, available at http://www.cio.com/article/40323/ABC_An_Introduction_to_ERP
12. KnowledgeStorm, available at http://www.knowledgestorm.com/
13. INFORMS, available at http://www.informs.org/
14. Statistics glossary, available at http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/steps/glossary/index.html
15. FMEA Institute, available at http://www.fmeainfocentre.com/
16. Rapid Prototyping Institute, available at http://home.utah.edu/~asn8200/rapid.html
17. Usernomics, available at http://www.usernomics.com/
18. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, available at http://www.hfes.org/web/Default.aspx
19. Lean in Healthcare, available at http://www.ihi.org/Pages/default.aspx

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