MAIN ASSIGNMENT Page 1 of 18 Module Name: Course Name: Assessment Type: Lecturer Name: Moderator Name: Module Code: Course Code: Manufacturing Technology 1.2 Diploma in Operations Management Assignment (GA Assessment) Total Marks: 167 EBMFY1A DI0400 Assessment Date: 2022-3 2022-3 M Mazibuko Sign: Date: S Adeyemi Sign: Date: The purpose and level of this assessment will have been achieved when the student has demonstrated the skills and applied competence, in specified graduate attributes, on a knowledge, development or assessment level assessed in different modules during the course of your studies for this qualification. Competence in the twelve Graduate Attributes listed below, have to be achieved through all the modules in the qualification. The highlighted graduate attributes will be measured with this assessment, on the level (knowledge, developed or assessed) indicated: GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Problem Solving. Application of scientific and engineering knowledge. Engineering Design. Investigations, experiments and data analysis. Engineering methods, skills, and tools, including information technology. Professional and technical communication. Sustainability and Impact of Engineering Activity. Individual, Team and Multidisciplinary Working. Independent Learning Ability. Engineering Professionalism. Engineering Management Workplace Practices. Questions measuring this GA Knowledge Develop / Assess All Develop All All Develop Develop Rubrics are used for communicating the performance for an activity. They are a tool conducive to outcomesbased education and assessment. Students will need to answer specific compulsory questions as stipulated in the question paper/guidelines that will accurately measure the specified Graduate Attributes. The Graduate Attribute assessment rubrics below will be used to measure the selected Graduate Attributes for this specific assessment Page 2 of 18 Graduate Attribute Assessment Details GA 4: Investigations, Experiments and Data Analysis Learning Outcome: Demonstrate competence to design and conduct investigations and experiments. Where is the outcome In the Product Development Project Reports for EBMFX1A assessed? (Manufacturing Technology 1.2). How is this outcome Learners will be given a research assignment. The final report will be assessed? assessed using a custom rubric. Students form teams to undertake a product development project. The project is planned with set objectives, organised by identifying and assigning tasks amongst the members of the team who set leadership examples by taking charge of different aspects of the product development plan. Individual aspects and the complete project report are assessed to determine satisfactory performance for the competency indicators. What is a satisfactory For the learner to be competent, the learner should achieve at least performance? 25% when this graduate attribute is developed in the summative assessment (Assignment) What is the consequence The learner is offered an opportunity to repeat the assessment where the of unsatisfactory graduate attribute is tested/developed. If the learner fails again, then performance? the learner fails and will have to repeat the module. Page 3 of 18 Graduate Attribute Assessment Details GA 7: Sustainability and Impact of Management Activity Learning Outcome: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the impact of management activity on the society, economy, industrial and physical environment, and address issues by defined procedures. Where is the outcome In the Product Development Project Reports for assessed? EBMFX1A (Manufacturing Technology 1.2). How is this outcome Learners will be given a research assignment. The final assessed? report will be assessed using a custom rubric. Students form teams to undertake a product development project. The project is planned with set objectives, organised by identifying and assigning tasks amongst the members of the team who set leadership examples by taking charge of different aspects of the product development plan. Individual aspects and the complete project report are assessed to determine satisfactory performance for the competency indicators. What is a satisfactory For the learner to be competent, the learner should performance? achieve at least 25% when this graduate attribute is developed in the summative assessment (Assignment) What is the consequence The learner is offered an opportunity to repeat the of unsatisfactory assessment where the graduate attribute is performance? tested/developed. If the learner fails again, then the learner fails and will have to repeat the module. Page 4 of 18 Graduate Attribute Assessment Details GA 8: Individual, Team and Multidisciplinary Working Learning Outcome: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of management principles and apply these to one's work as a member and leader in a technical team and to manage projects. Where is the outcome In the Product Development Project Reports for assessed? EBMFX1A (Manufacturing Technology 1.2). How is this outcome Learners will be given a research assignment. The final assessed? report will be assessed using a custom rubric. Students form teams to undertake a product development project. The project is planned with set objectives, organised by identifying and assigning tasks amongst the members of the team who set leadership examples by taking charge of different aspects of the product development plan. Individual aspects and the complete project report are assessed to determine satisfactory performance for the competency indicators. What is a satisfactory For the learner to be competent, the learner should performance? achieve at least 25% when this graduate attribute is developed in the summative assessment (Assignment) What is the consequence The learner is offered an opportunity to repeat the of unsatisfactory assessment where the graduate attribute is performance? tested/developed. If the learner fails again, then the learner fails and will have to repeat the module. Page 5 of 18 Assignment Instructions: • • • • • • • • • • • • Maximum of 5 people in the group. (No individual assignment will be marked). Each group should assign a group leader responsible for coordinating the efforts of everyone in the group. Each group member should be allocated a section to do so that he/she can be assessed individually as well as in the group. The leader (or assistant) will keep records of the contribution of everyone in the group for evaluation purposes. Follow all report writing guidelines as provided. Refer to the rubrics for GA’s developed. The assignment contributes 50% toward your semester marks. Final Report Submission Due date: 23rd October 2023 (FINAL REPORT). No late submissions will be accepted. A mark of 0 (zero) will be given to the group that does not hand in their assignment on time. Prototype (made from raw materials) to be submitted in person on campus (Office R205). Prototype Due date: 23rd October 2023, 9:00 -11:00 am. DO NOT DO A CUT AND PASTE FROM THE INTERNET. PLAGIARISM SHOULD BE LESS THAN 25%. Save the Final Report in PDF format. If reports are not submitted in PDF format, a 20% deduction will be made. Also, before submitting your PDF document, check that everything in your document is aligned correctly. Do not submit a zipped file. If reports are submitted in a zipped file, a 20% deduction will be made. Page 6 of 18 Assignment Guidelines: 1. Literature Review: • Identify the databases that cover the topic. • Contact the subject librarian at the library in getting advice on the appropriate databases. • Explore resources outside of the databases and library such as google scholar which will assist you to search broadly about the topic. 2. Identify the product and research it. 3. Highlight the advantages and disadvantages of the identified product. 4. What are the contributions of your product to industry or society? 5. Provide 2D or 3D drawings of the selected product. 6. Prepare a final written report which includes: • Frontpage must have the following: Name and Student Number, Date, Name of Lecturer, Course Name and Code, and University logo. • Typed in Arial 12 font, using 1.5 line spacing. • Number all the pages of your assignment (e.g. page 1 of 4). 7. References should be done in the Harvard Referencing Style. 8. Assessment for the assignment will be carried out using a Rubric. Page 7 of 18 Assignment Scope: Real-world Product Development: Solving social issues with the help of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In many impoverished communities around the world, access to clean and safe drinking water remains a critical challenge. Access to clean, safe drinking water continues to be a major problem in many impoverished communities all over the world. The lack of dependable supplies of clean water puts people's health at risk and feeds the cycle of poverty. Health problems such as cholera, dysentery, and diarrhoea are caused by a lack of access to clean water sources and adequate sanitation facilities. The world health Organization estimated that 1 in 10 people (785 million) still lack a basic drinking water-service, including the 144 million who drink untreated surface water. The data demonstrates that 8 in 10 people living in rural areas lack access to essential services, and in one in four nations with estimates for various wealth groups, coverage of basic services among the richest was at least twice as high as among the poorest. Recently, in May this year, a place known as Hammanskraal in Northern Gauteng (South Africa) became the center of cholera outbreak. On May 31, Tshwane has reported 99 confirmed cases of cholera and 23 fatalities, according to Health Minister Dr. Joe Phaahla. At same time, epidemics also occurred in Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and the Free State. While two sisters who had taken a bus to one of the African countries in January were connected to the outbreaks in Ekurhuleni and Johannesburg, the source of the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal and the Free State, according to Dr. Phaahla, has not yet been identified. Despite the fact that a lot of poor communities around the world lack this crucial resource, the United Nations recognizes access to water and sanitation as fundamental human rights that are necessary for everyone's health, dignity, and prosperity. Although the source of the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal and the Free State had not yet been identified, contaminated water supplies are among other sources of cholera infections. It is said that Page 8 of 18 the bacterium can be in surface or well water. The supplies of contaminated water sources can be drivers to waterborne diseases, poor health conditions and economic challenges. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies will surely disrupt most industries and communities at large, as a result, current jobs will be obsolete whilst new jobs will be introduced requiring new skills. Currently, many jobs that are within the technology space are unfilled in industries because of workers lacking the required skills, therefore, being outsourced to automation. Apart from business industries, the societies we live in are being prepared for adapting to the fourth industrial revolution practices. The usage of 4IR tools can help communities in their efforts to solve challenges. Thus, innovation and creativity should be at the core of every society and individuals to ensure that it remains abreast in the new dawn of the fourth industrial revolution. Moreover, with the digital transformation underway, industries and societies are presented with opportunities to proactively shape the 4IR to be human-centered. The 4IR is much more than the disruptive technologies it introduces; however, it offers an opportunity in joining together global communities, building sustainable economies, and committing to values-based leadership of developing technologies (Klaus Schwab, 2016). Therefore, in your groups, design and build a tangible product that will help in resolving the issue facing the Hammanskraal community in regard to the recent cholera outbreak. If at all possible, include into your tangible product every pillar of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Page 9 of 18 Assignment objective: The major goal of this assignment, which focuses on the 4IR, is to give you (as a learner) the knowledge you need for the 21st century so you can continue to be relevant to society and business by addressing their demands while thriving in their transformation. Before you begin with your project briefly research the following areas: • The Fourth Industrial Revolution. • The 9 (nine) pillars of the fourth industrial revolution. • Access to clean, safe drinking water in many impoverished communities all over the world. • The recent Hammanskraal community problem. Application: • From the research of the 9 pillars of the fourth industrial revolution, design and build a product that can incorporate all the pillars if possible. Also, apply the knowledge acquired in this module following the necessary steps or processes of product development in building your product. • The product to be developed should aim in resolving the issue facing the Hammanskraal community in regard to the recent cholera outbreak. If at all possible, incorporate into your tangible product every pillar of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. (For the development of the tangible product any raw materials which are not harmful can be used in constructing the prototype.) Page 10 of 18 Section A: Proposed solutions to the problem [2] Instruction: Each member of the group should propose two solutions to solving the current problem. Indicate the contributor of each solution by putting their name and student number next to it. Section B: Opportunity Identification [33] Step 1: Establish a project charter. A Project Charter is a document that outlines the purpose of the project, the way the project will be structured, and how it will be successfully implemented. Vision: Describe the overall vision of the project. The vision statement should be short, concise, and achievable. Objectives: List the key objectives of the project. Objectives are statements that describe in more detail what it is that the project is going to achieve. All objectives listed should be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound (SMART). Customers: Describe the customers who will use the product to be developed from the project. Allocation of tasks (individual work distribution): Divide work between the group members Each team member can take on a role in the project: Project manager, designer, manufacturing, marketing, etc Instruction: Use the below template to do your project charter. Vision: Objectives: Customers: Task Allocation: No. Group member name Student number Role(s) in the project Individual work distributed to each student (i.e. mention the section assigned to each member of the group) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Page 11 of 18 Step 2: Generate and sense many opportunities. Instruction: Maximum of ten opportunities should be identified. Give a short description of each opportunity identified. Also, the different opportunities identified should be centered on the Fourth Industrial Revolution pillars. Opportunity Description 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Step 3: Screening opportunities. Instruction: Rank opportunities in the sequence of perceived success. Write the priority number next to each opportunity in STEP 2. Highlight the opportunities that your team would like to develop further. Use a scale of 1 to 10 to rank your opportunities. Opportunity 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Ranking Step 4: Select exceptional opportunity. Page 12 of 18 Instruction: Select the best opportunity that had the highest ranking in step 3 to be further developed using the Real – Win – Worth -it (RWW) method. Step 5: Reflect on the results and the process. Instruction: Answer the below questions concerning the above steps in reflecting on the opportunity identification results and process. 1. How many of the opportunities identified came from internal sources versus external sources? 2. Were our filtering criteria biased, or largely based on the best possible estimates of eventual product success? 3. Are the resulting opportunities exciting to the team? Section C: Planning [33] Step 1: Identify the Product Development Project type for your product. Step 2: Complete Pre-Project Planning. Instruction: Use the below template to do your mission statement. Mission Statement: “Mention the name of your project” Product Description: Benefit Proposition: Key Business Goals: Primary Market: Secondary Markets: Assumptions and Constraints: Stakeholders: Step 3: Project Timing Instruction: Determining the timing and sequence of developing your product project. Mention the project steps in detail you will undertake to complete your project and provide time frames as well. Step 4: Reflect on the results and the process. Instruction: Answer the below questions concerning the above steps in assessing the product planning phase. 1. Does the core team accept the challenges of the resulting mission statement? 2. Are the elements of the mission statement consistent? Page 13 of 18 3. Are the assumptions listed in the mission statement really necessary or is the project over-constrained? Will the development team have the freedom to develop the best possible product? Section D: Product Definition (Specifications) [33] Step 1: Product definition List each component of the product: 1. ___________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________ 6. ___________________________________________________________ 7. ___________________________________________________________ 8. ___________________________________________________________ 9. ___________________________________________________________ 10. ___________________________________________________________ Define the function of each component: 1. ___________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________ 6. ___________________________________________________________ 7. ___________________________________________________________ 8. ___________________________________________________________ 9. ___________________________________________________________ 10. ___________________________________________________________ Identify the material used for each component and the reason why it was selected: Page 14 of 18 1. ___________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________ 6. ___________________________________________________________ 7. ___________________________________________________________ 8. ___________________________________________________________ 9. ___________________________________________________________ 10. ___________________________________________________________ Step 2: Prepare the list of metrics. Instruction: Use the below template to prepare the list of metrics. (Minimum of 5 metrics) Metric No. 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. Metric Step 3: Prepare the needs-matrix. Instruction: Use the below template to prepare the list of metrics. (Minimum of 5 metrics) Page 15 of 18 Step 4: Reflect on the results and the process. Instruction: Answer the below questions concerning the above steps in assessing the product definition (Specifications). 1. Has the team critically evaluated the functionality of the selected component? 2. Where the selected metrics complete, dependent, and practical? 3. Was there a correlation between the needs and the matrix? Section E: Product properties and Quality [33] Instruction: Refer to section D above. Step 1: Prepare a house of quality for the chosen product. Instruction: Strictly use the template provided. Step 2: Identify possible alternative materials. Identify possible alternative materials that can be used for your product. 1. ___________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ Page 16 of 18 4. ___________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________ 6. ___________________________________________________________ 7. ___________________________________________________________ 8. ___________________________________________________________ 9. ___________________________________________________________ 10. ___________________________________________________________ Step 3: List five failure mechanisms. 1. ___________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________ Failure mechanisms are the physical, chemical, heat, or other processes that result in failure. Failure mechanisms are categorized as either overstress or wear-out mechanisms. Overstress failure arises because of a single load (stress) condition, which exceeds a fundamental strength property. Step 4: Provide a basic free-hand sketch of the product. Step 5: Reflect on the results and the process. Instruction: Answer the below questions concerning the above steps in assessing the product definition (Specifications). 1. Does the House of Quality reflect the true nature of the project? 2. Were customer requirements and the competitors evaluated? 3. Can the identified failure mechanism be improved? Page 17 of 18 Section F: Prototype [33] Step 1: Mention the steps you have followed to design and build your prototype using raw materials. Step 2: Provide 3D drawings of the selected product. Step 3: Make the prototype from raw materials. Step 4: Reflect on the results and the process. Instruction: Answer the below questions concerning the above steps in assessing and building the prototype. 1. Could the steps followed to build the prototype be improved? 2. What other alternative software could have been used to design the 3D prototype? 3. What other alternative raw material could have been used to build your prototype? TOTAL 167 MARKS Page 18 of 18
