Major Teaching and Learning Activities:

1. Introduction of a newly developed corded drywall screwgun - Modle 2125
2. A series of sic lectures given by the engineers at B&D, and plant visits.
3. Lectures on fundamentals of the new product develpment.
4. Team Work on manufactureing technology study and a redsign project.

Teaching Schedule

09/04	Wed.	Course objectives, B&D annual report, B&D history, team application form
09/06	Fri.	Student team Organization; the First Team Meeting and Vedio Tape: Subarctic Survival Situation
09/09	Mon.	Development Teams(Lecture Notes) and assignment of the first team project: Manufactureing Technology Study
09/11	Wed.	Introduction of the corded drywall screwgun - Model 2125
09/13	Fri.	Take product apart and team meeting for developing the test procedure
09/16	Mon.	Identify product subsystems, interfaces, abd test the product
09/18	Wed.	Lecture on time to market, incremental innovation (Smith & Reinertsen)
09/20	Fri.	Benchmarking and team meetings
09/23	Mon.	Product specifications and visit to on-campus manufacturing facility
09/25	Wed.	B&D Lecture 1:, Introducing New Product to Market, Mr. Clay Furtaw First Report Due Date: Evaluation and Comparsion of Drywall Screwguns
09/27	Fri.	Benchmarking; Team meetings
10/02	Wed.	B&D Lecture 2Customer Surveys of the Product Attributes Mr. Willam Saverwein
10/04	Fri.	Team A, Class Presentation -Injection Moulding Team B, Class Presnetation - Bearing Manufacturing
10/07	Mon.	Assign the redesign project to the six teams
10/09	Wed.	B&D Lecture 3: Technical Challenges with the product Mr. Christopher Sanford
10/11	Fir.	Team C, Class Presentation: Manufacturing of Shafts and Gears Team D, Class Presentation:Clutch Manufacturing
10/14	Mon.	Tolerances in Manufacturing and Assembly(1)<
10/16	Wed.	B&D Lecture 4:, Product Architecture Mr. Rick Brannaman
10/18	Fir.	Team E, Class Presentation - Rapid Prototyping Team F, Class Presentation - Design for Manufacturing & Assembly The first report of the redesign proposals due
10/21	Mon.	Tolerances in Manufacturing and Assembly (II)
10/23	Wed.	Probability and Engineering Statistics: Population and Samples, Mean, variance and Standard Deviation
10/25	Fri.	Visit Easton Plant of B&D
10/28	Mon.	Probability and Engineering Statistical: Representative Distributions, Central Limit Theorem, and Normal Distribution
10/30	Wed.	B&D Lecture 5: A Product Profit Model, Mr. Greg Moores
11/01	Fri.	Team meeting on the redesign project and meetings with the instructor
11/04	Mon.	Guest Lecture: Total Quality Management, Dr. George Dieter
11/06	Wed.	Statistical Process Control Dr. George Dieter
11/08	Fri.	Mid-Term Examination
11/11	Mon.	Statistical Process Control: Control Charts
11/13	Wed.	B&D Lecture 6: Role of the Suppliers in product Development Mr. Frank Rosenthal
11/15	Fri.	Team presentations on the redesign prohects
11/18	Mon.	Statistical Process Control: Control Charts
11/20	Wed.	Three Quality Management Systems: ISO 9000, Deming's 14 Points and Baldrige Award
11/22	Fri.	Team repsentation on the redesign projects and rapid prototyping training
11/25	Mon.	Team meetings with the instructor
11/27	Wed.	Team meeting on the redesgin peojects
11/29	Fir.	Thanksgiving Holiday
12/2	Mon.	Cost of money and environmental issues
12/04	Wed.	Final design Presentations (I)
12/06	Fri.	9:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m.- Final Design Presentations. Engineers From B & D
12/09	Mon.	Review for the final Examination
12/11	Wed.	Last Day of Class and the final report on the redesign project due
12/16	Fri.	Final Examination 8:00-10:00 a.m.

Imprtant Date:

Black & Decker Lecture Series

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