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Production Management
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Plant
To make product, we need plant where we will product it.
Ares of POM
Future Demand (Volume and Timing)
Design and layout of factory, equipment, offices
Productivity and reliability of equipment
Need for (cost of ) maintenance
Health and Safety
Environmental issues
Arrangement of areas within a facility to:
Minimize material-handling costs
Utilize space efficiently
Utilize labor efficiently
Eliminate bottlenecks
Facilitate communication and interaction
Reduce manufacturing cycle time
Reduce customer service time
Eliminate wasted or redundant movement
Increase capacity
Types of Layout
Office layout: Positions workers, their equipment, and spaces/offices to provide for movement of information
Retail layout: Allocates shelf space and responds to customer behavior
Warehouse layout: Addresses trade-offs between space and material handling
BASIC LAYOUTS
Process layouts
group similar activities together according to process or function they perform
Product layouts
arrange activities in line according to sequence of operations for a particular product or service
Fixed-position layouts
are used for projects in which product cannot be moved
Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS)
FMS consists of numerous programmable machine tools connected by an automated material handling system and controlled by a common computer network
FMS combines flexibility with efficiency
FMS layouts differ based on
variety of parts that the system can process
size of parts processed
average processing time required for part completion