| Lean - Six Sigma Certificate |
| Advisor: Alexis N. Sommers, PhD. |
| Lean approaches to producation, operations, and processes translate to improved quality, shorter leadtime, and lower cost. Lean is needed for survival in the current global marketplace, and to become competitive means to become Lean. This certificate is designed for professionals who wish to learn about the latest in the concepts of Lean - Six Sigman and the techniques that are used to implement Lean in an organization, whether its be service, manufacturing, or any other. A total of 12 credits composes the requirements for this certificate, as listed below. Applicants are expected to have a background in statistics. The certificate academic advisor may allow substitutions to best meet the professional needs of the students. The courses taken for this certificate are applicable toward the MS in Industrial Engineering. |
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| EM 604 | Concepts of Engineering and Quality Management |
| EM 627 | Value Engineering and Design |
| EM 628 | Six Sigma Quality Planning |
| EM 639 | Achieving Optimal Operations |
| Total: 12 credits |
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| Logistics Certificate |
| Advisor: Alexis N. Sommers, PhD. |
| This certificate provides a basic working knowledge of logistics in all sectors, and it gives students a background for certification in one of the professional societies serving the discipline. Although an old field of study historically associated with the military, logistics has emerged as a key element in world commerce, including e-commerce and intergrated manufacturing. |
| Modern logistics makes sure that needs are met on demanding timetables, creating effective customer supply chaines that reach around the globe and effective customer support mechanisms that keep people and machines working productively under both benign and hostile environmental conditions. From Mexican product assembly centers to Pacific Rim manufacturers, from New York copier repairmen to engineers repairing rigs in the North Sea, logistics systems function to get the job done right, on time, and at lowest cost. |
| Logistics involves product planning, synchronous manufacturing, quality assurance, life cycle cost analysis, transportation, and distribution ERP and JIT, CRM and MRO, and the development of education and experienced logisticians. World-class corporations as well as government agencies and military units require well-designed, effective, efficient logistics systems to achieve their goals and objectives. Career professionals generally acquire a certificate in logistics or a specialized graduate degree. |
| LG 660 | Logistics Technology and Management |
| Plus three of the following: |
| IE 615 | Transportation and Distribution |
| LG 663 | Logistics in Acquisition and Manufacturing |
| LG 665 | Integrated Logistics Support Analysis |
| LG 669 | Life Cycle Cost Analysis |
| Total Credits: 12 |
| Other logistics/related courses may be substituted with the approval of the certificate advisor. |
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| Quality Engineering Certificate |
| Advisor: Alexis N. Sommers, PhD. |
| This certificate is designed to provide quality and reliability professionals who are interested in advancing their knowledge and skills with the most up-to-date analytic techniques and standards in the areas of quaility assurance and control, reliability engineering, and experimental design. The program provides a solid foundation in probability and statistical methods, followed by specialized courses in quality, including the ISO standards; in reliability, including reliability algorithms and models; and in experimental design, including covering factorial and Taguchi methods. The courses taken for this certificate are applicable towards the MS in Industrial Engineering. |
| IE 607 | Probability Theory |
| IE 609 | Descriptive and Interential Statistics |
| IE 624 | Quality Analysis |
| Plus one of the following: |
| IE 643 | Reliability and Maintainability |
| IE 688 | Design of Experiments |
| Total credits: 12 |
