2023 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
Modern Industrial Engineering I
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
- Instructor(s)
- Hirotaka Aoki
- Class Format
- Lecture/Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-8 Thu (W9-311) / 5-8 Fri (W9-311)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- IEE.C202
- Number of credits
- 220
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on a discipline recognized as Industrial Engineering (IE), which covers F. W. Taylor's Scientific Management and "Modern IE as Work Analysis for Various Applications," and provides knowledge and basic skills about the theory, methodology, and technique.
Students will gain knowledge and skills in the following three application domains: (1)Traditional work analysis and design (traditional IE), (2)Design and analysis of production system, and (3) Advanced work analysis for various domains (modern IE)
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. Explain the typical methods/thinking processes used in traditional and modern IE.
2. Apply the methods/thinking processes to solve probems in industrial contexts.
Keywords
Scientific management, work study, standard, work design, engineering economy, cognition, cognitive routine, cognitive task analysis
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
At the beginning of each class, knowledge and basic skills related to the topics are taught. Towards the end of class, students are given experimental tasks/exercise problems related to the lecture given that day. Attendance is taken in every class.This course is held over two academic quarters. The class meets once a week.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Guidance, introduction to IE |
Understand the overall image of industrial engineering. |
| Class 2 | Setting standard time (Direct time study, film analysis) |
Explain the definition of standard time and procedures of direct time study. |
| Class 3 | Predetermined time standard (PTS) (MTM, MOST, MODAPTS) |
Explain PTS and its procedures. |
| Class 4 | Work study, motion study (Therblig, simultaneous motion study) |
Explain the procedures of work study. |
| Class 5 | Improvement of work and continuous improvement (Principles of motion economy, implementation of work improvement, standard data system) |
Explain the procedures of improvement of work. |
| Class 6 | Work sampling |
Explain the concept of work sampling and its application procedures. |
| Class 7 | Learning curves |
Explain the definition of learning and their applications to settings of standard time. |
| Class 8 | Analysis of work processes (Flow process chart) |
Explain what the flow processes chart is, and explain how they are applied to work analyses. |
| Class 9 | Engineering economy |
Explain how efficiency of the investment can be evaluated. |
| Class 10 | Cognitive work and human sensory systems and perception. |
Explain the basics of human sensory systems and perception. |
| Class 11 | Cognitive work and cognitive mechanism. |
Explain the basics of human cognitive mechanism. |
| Class 12 | Application of psychological knowledge to cognitive routine work |
Explain Model Human Processor and GOMS. |
| Class 13 | Task analysis in cognitive works (Protocol analysis) |
Explain what the protocol analysis is. |
| Class 14 | Task analysis in cognitive works (Eye tracking analysis) |
Explain eye tracking applications to cognitive work analysis. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend a certain length of time outside of class on preparation and review (including for assignments), as specified by the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Undergraduate Learning (東京工業大学学修規程) and the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Graduate Learning (東京工業大学大学院学修規程), for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Itoh, Kenji. Detailed Explanation of Industrial Engineering: Systematization and Development to Management, Tokyo: JMA Management Center (JMAM), (in Japanese)
Instruction manuals and course materials are provided during class.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' knowledge of topics in the lecture, and their ability to apply them to exercise/experiment will be assessed. Reports 100%.
Full attendance and completion of all experiments are compulsory.
Related courses
- Modern Industrial Engineering II
- IEE.C302 ： Quality Management
- IEE.C432 ： Cognitive Ergonomics
- IEE.D436 ： Healthcare Quality and Safety
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.