BSNS 7350 Assignment - Automotive Engineering Course

BSNS 7350
Assignment 1A
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Team Consultancy Project
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The chief purpose of this report is to propose a systematic approach to eradicate or curtail the
problems associated with the Automotive Engineering course at Mataaho, Unitec. The report
encompasses all the basic requirements to make a course functional including course papers,
consumables, equipments and infrastructure.
Deductive reasoning, qualitative and secondary data, face-to-face interviews, data analysis through
Google Documents, excel sheet, word document, Gantt Chart and power point are the various
methods used for the report.
The report has incorporated two specific research questions that are expected to reveal useful
findings. The findings indicate that Automotive Unitec needs increased training for Unleashed
software. In the literature review section of the report, various aspects of operations management
have been discussed. Further, the report discovers that the continuous implementation of JIT,
ADKAR Model for change management, TPS and lean principles also eliminates major part of the
problem. While investigating the methods for meeting the objective, elements such as investigation
period, resources, risk management assessment and the structure of investigation have been
highlighted. Under the investigation practice section, timetable scheduling and inventory
management has been focused. Further, the report has elaborated on the investigation practice under
which included is the 5S process. The report also unveils ways for Report Managers and lecturers to
engage in two-way communication, which is a necessary element in people skills.
The report concludes with the feasibility of the methods outlined in the report in order to diminish
the current problems associated with Automotive Unitec. Recommendations are given at the end of
the report that includes identifying list of consumables, organizing equipments into cages and
labelling them. Additional recommendations include, developing a system to report any damage of
equipment and ensuring availability of correct consumables. Establishing a cleaning and checking
schedule for equipment cages and incorporating a barcode system on cages are also included in the
recommendations list.
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Table of Content
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
2. INTRODUCTION 5
3. BACKGROUND 7
4. LITERATURE REVIEW 8
5. INVESTIGATION PREPARATION 13
1.1. INVESTIGATION TIME FRAME 13
1.2. INVESTIGATION RESOURCES 14
1.3. RISK MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT 15
1.4. INVESTIGATION STRUCTURE 16
6. INVESTIGATION PRACTICE 17
6.1. SCHEDULING THE TIMETABLE 17
6.1.1. PROBLEMS THAT EXISTS IN THE CURRENT TIMETABLE 17
6.1.2. ADVANTAGES OF IMPLEMENTING THE CHANGE 17
6.1.3. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS FOR THE PROBLEM 18
6.1.4. RESULTS 18
6.2. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT 19
7. DISCUSSION 20
7.1. DISCUSSION FOR TIMETABLING RESULT 20
7.2. DISCUSSION FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT RESULT 20
8. CONCLUSION 23
9. RECOMMENDATIONS 24
10. REFERENCES 26
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2. INTRODUCTION
Unitec is currently undergoing a major transformation to update its facilities to ensure students have
access to cutting edge technology. The new trades building, Mataaho, is a key component of this
vision, driving work integrated learning into the future. Mataaho is New Zealand’s largest open plan
trades training facility (Unitec, 2017) and the building along with the associated tooling and
equipment has taken significant investment from Unitec. Trades training makes up a large proportion
of students studying at Unitec. This project focuses on the Automotive Engineering course run at
Mataaho, and comprehensively analyses course papers as well as equipment and consumables
required for successful course delivery. Recommendations from this report should be adopted by
Unitec to assist in providing a consistently high level of service for students doing automotive
training.
Any process of change brings problems and takes a lot of work, but it provides opportunities and
more possibilities than the status quo (Boston, 2000). With the building being brought into use,
several areas of concern became apparent regarding the operation. This provides Unitec the
opportunity to further implement new processes to gain efficiencies within the operations and
management of Mataaho.
This project aims to cover the most significant areas of concern to resolve the most pressing issues
and give clear direction to ensure that optimal use can be made of the new facilities. The three key
areas decided for the scope of this project are:
People management
This includes capturing tacit knowledge of staff to form a Knowledge Management Database which
can be added to in the future and provide a resource for both the future operations within Mataaho
and any new lecturers.
Inventory management
This aims to formulate a comprehensive tool for both the storage of equipment and management of
consumables.
Scheduling of classes as well as equipment and consumables
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Mapping of classes to locations, to ensure that shared spaces are utilised but not double booked, as
well as ensuring that the right mix of equipment and consumables is made available for every class.
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