Department: Mechanical Technology Major: Vehicles
Department Mechanical Technology Major Vehicles
Course Title Automotive Workshop Management Code MEV 301
Prerequisite
Semester 1 2 3 4 5 6
Course Description : Credit hr/w 2
Principles of automotive workshop operation management, L 2
including; work organization, cost estimates, spare parts stocking, Contact
maintenance scheduling of various vehicle’s groups and proper W
hr/w
selection of tools and equipment. Types of maintenance and its T
scheduling methods. An introduction to workshop Planing.
L 30
Contact
W
hr/sem.
T
General Goal :
This course provides the principles of automotive workshop operation management and planning.
Behavioral Objectives :
By the end of this course, the student will be able to:
♦ Organize and manage the maintenance operations in vehicle’s workshops.
♦ Conduct needed calculations to choose the necessary labor and put their working plan.
♦ Conduct cost estimation steps for any certain types of maintenance
♦ Demonstrate awareness in stocking control management.
♦ Explain maintenance types.
♦ Determine basis and rules of maintenance scheduling and estimate its cost.
♦ Put maintenance schedules for many maintenance operations for a certain group of vehicles.
♦ Layout vehicle’s workshop plans and their equipment.
Topics (Theory):
Automotive workshops management
Maintenance scheduling
Spare parts stocking
Introduction to workshop planing
L = Lecture Hours, W = Workshop/Laboratory Hours, T = Tutorial Hours
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Department: Mechanical Technology Major: Vehicles
Frank J. Thiessen, “Automotive Service Management”, Technology publications,
Textbook:
1989, ISBN 0-15-504375-7
Additional
Reading:
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References:
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Detailed Curriculum (Theory)
Hrs Contents Behavioral Objectives
10 1. Workshops Management: The student should be able to:
Organization of maintenance operations, - Organize and manage the
Importance of maintenance operation management maintenance operations in
Basis of maintenance vehicle’s workshops.
Safety procedures - Carry out the necessary
Workshop manuals and catalogs calculations to choose the
Maintenance cost estimation necessary labor and put their
Fixed costs working plan.
Running costs - Conduct cost estimation steps for
Equipment and vehicles depreciation any certain types of maintenance.
One hour maintenance cost in workshops - Explain maintenance forms.
Equipment replacement methods
Workshop performance rates evaluation
Follow-up technical reports Preparation
Maintenance forms
5 2. Spare Parts Stocking and its Management:
Objectives of stocking management
Internal layout of stocking management - Demonstrate awareness in stocking
Incentive systems in maintenance management control management.
10 3. Maintenance Scheduling:
Maintenance definitions
Types of vehicles maintenance - Explain maintenance types
Maintenance operations and scheduling - Determine basis and rules of
Vehicles over-all major repairs maintenance scheduling and
estimate its cost.
- Put maintenance schedules for
many maintenance operations for a
5 4. Introduction to Workshops Planning certain group of vehicles.
Workshops building requirements
Basis for workshop internal divisions and department - Layout vehicle’s workshop plans
organizations and their equipment.
determining the departmental areas
Equipment selection and layout of workshops and its
departments.
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