[Questions] about Managing Design and Managing Production Operations [Technology and Engineering Management]

here’s 2 questions activities I need someone smart who can help me by doing themQuestion 9. Managing Design Write a short recommendation for the design of the UCCyber Security Token. This recommendation should consider the different design criteria (no more than a few words or a very short paragraph per criteria). Only the criteria applicable to this particular product should be considered.___________________________________________________Question 10. Managing Production Operations a. Discuss with your group and present at least two production strategies to avoid or at least delay the high break-even point. b. In a sentence, explain why you should do that._________________________I’ll upload more files soon.
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Technology and Engineering Management
UG/PG (9789/9784)
Tutorial Week 10 – Managing Design & Managing Production
Operations
Week 10 – Agenda
1. Managing Design
2. Managing Production Operations
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Announcements/Reminders
• Quiz 9 is open!
– Deadline: 11:59pm, Sunday, 29 April 2017
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1. Managing Design
Design Criteria
• Design should consider, for each product/system:
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Liability
Safety
Reliability
Maintainability
Availability
Ergonomics (for products)
Producibility (for manufacturing)
From lecture week 9, slide 19. For further information, please consult the
materials available at Canvas.
© 2014 Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved.
UCCyber Organisation
• UCCyber new product is a disconnected, physical
security token device
Image source: By Brian Ronald – Photographed by uploader, GFDL,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10320707
– If you are not familiar with security tokens, you can read
about them on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_token
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Assignment – Activity for Today
Question 9. Managing Design
Write a short recommendation for the design of the UCCyber
Security Token. This recommendation should consider the
different design criteria (no more than a few words or a very
short paragraph per criteria).
Only the criteria applicable to this particular product should be
considered.
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2. Managing Production Operations
UCCyber’s Production
• The break-even chart below presents two break-even points for
the UCCyber Security Token:
– Profit is observed between
the low break-even and the
high break-even points
– Non-linear break-even may
be observed in several
situations
• For example, if production
costs or sales vary during the
life-cycle of a product
Source: http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/financial-management/breakeven-analysis-explained-with-diagram-financial-management/29399/
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Assignment – Activity for Today
Question 10. Managing Production Operations
a. Discuss with your group and present at least two production
strategies to avoid or at least delay the high break-even point.
b. In a sentence, explain why you should do that.
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References
• Morse, Lucy C. and Babcock, Daniel L. (2013) Managing
Engineering and Technology, 6th Edition. Prentice Hall.
– Chapters 10 and 11
• Lecture – Technology and Engineering Management, Week 9
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