COURSE DESCRIPTION

CAD/ CAM/ CAE II
V.Dedoussis

Fundamentals of machine tools and cutting processes Introduction to Numerical Control (NC). Control of movement of cutting tool. Part programming Elements of APT. NC programming using CAD/CAM systems. Direct NC. Fundamentals of Adaptice Control. Rapid prototyping. Introduction to Industrial Robots. Group Technology and Flexible Manufacturing Systems.

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PRODUCT INNOVATION
D. Karalekas

Technology: Technological progress. The nature of Technology. Technology in relation to business, Technology and competitive position, Factors of technological success. Technological provision, Technology – cost, dissemination.

Research and Development: Basic characteristics of research and development. The operation of R+D inside the Company, Factors affecting the structure of R+D, Equilibrium between R+D, R+D Strategy.

Innovation: Innovation and Business, Product Innovation, the challenges of innovation, The obstacles of innovation, Basic characteristics of innovation in Greece, Tables and statistical data, Examples.

Product Development Procedure: Creation / choice of Product Characteristics / Specifications of the Products, Architcture – Industrial Design – Product Prototyping, Management of the product development procedure.

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TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
G. Bohoris

The philosophy of TQM. The pioneers of TQM (W. Deming, J. Juran, P. Crosby, A. Feingenbaum, B. Conway). Why are the Japanese leading the field of quality?

Defining TMQ: The systems, tools and techniques Essentials of TMQ: Leadership, Customer – supplier chains, Continuous improvement.

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STRATEGIC PLANNING
C. Kanelopoulos

This course analyses the strategic planning process in terms of various combinations of subsystems that may be required for different organizational purposes.

Analysis of strategic environmental information as well as its integration into the strategic planning process.

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SPECIAL TOPICS OF PRODUCTION PLANNING II
C. Pappis

Special subjects of production planning and control are covered aggregate production planning, project management, schaduling stock control, (MRP, etc), using project work by the student, under the supervision and guidance of the teaching professor, on projects concerning specific problems in selected corporations.

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APPLICATION OF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS DESIGN II
C. Pappis

Special subjects of production systems design are covered product design site choice, method study, capacity design etc. using project work by the student, under the supervision and guidance of the teaching professor, on projects concerning specific problems in selected corporations.

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SPECIAL TOPICS OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES II
F. Batzias

Methods of optimal co-exploitation of sources of energy.

Scale Economics in industrial processes. Economotechnical view of the law of diminishing returns and the analysis of the first and the second dead point at the operation of a process industry. Problems of vertical and horizontal integration. Special problems of design, operation, extension, resettlement of a process industrial plant. External economies and determination of the variables and parameters affecting the operation in conditions of intense variations of the market of the raw, intermediate and auxiliary materials, energy and products.

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AUTOMATED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS II
L. Laios V. Dedoussis

Work under the supervision of the teaching staff of the department either in the laboratory, or in cooperation with firms of constructors.

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ADVANCED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES II
L. Laios V. Dedoussis

Industrial Visits and Lectures by invited speakers in order to get students to know how advanced technologies are applied in industrial settings.

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SPECIAL TOPICS OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH II
S. Sofianopoulou

Students pursue the study of the advanced Operational Research techniques related to mathematical programming, simulation, queueing theory and problem structuring methods. Students undertake project work under the guidance of the supervisor teacher gaining experience of the operational research approach in realistic context.

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INDUSTRIAL MARKETING
I. Kehayias

Meaning and applications. Characteristics of industrial markets. Types of industrial products. Procedure of making of purchase decisions. Partition of markets. Strategy of market development. Research of industrial products market.

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ENGLISH VIII
E. Apostolou

Teaching of economic terminology – terminology of European Communities and elaboration and translation of respective texts, and in particular: Macroeconomics, Finance, Banking, Business Organization, Marketing, Accounting, Statistics, Maritime Studies on an advanced level. Analysis of the texts in the form of discussions – written exercises.

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FRENCH VIII
A. Vougiouklidou

Texts - terminology relevant to transports, customs, imports, exports, correspondence relevant to insurances. Damages, information.

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