Vehicle Production

Summary

In the course, students will get acquainted with the specifics of vehicle production, stages of production and production planning procedures. The following areas are addressed:
- Introduction to production planning in the automotive industry
- Digital factory
- Planning of presses, welding shops, paint shops, assembly, components (gearboxes, motors, batteries)
- Industry 4.0
- Logistics, digitization in production

Teaching is provided by employees of Škoda auto a.s.

Literature

Thomas Sillekens, Achim Koberstein, Leena Suhl. Aggregate production planning in the automotive industry with special consideration of workforce flexibility. International Journal of Production
Research, Taylor & Francis, 2010, pp.1. ff10.1080/00207543.2010.524261ff. ffhal-00647964

Advised literature

Omar, M.; Mears, L., Kiggans, R., & Kurfess, T. (2009). Organizational Learning in
Automotive Manufacturing: A Strategic Choice. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing,
, DOI 10.1007/s10845-009-0330-6

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Language of instruction	čeština
Code	342-0686
Abbreviation	VVoz
Course title	Vehicle Production
Coordinating department	Institute of Transport
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jan Famfulík, Ph.D.