6 - Designing Manufacturing Processes- Hill - Product Profiling

© AMD Publishing/Terry Hill 2005

T. Hill, Operations Management 2e. Palgrave Macmillan ISBN: 1403934665/ 140399112X

Chapter 6

DESIGNING MANUFACTURING PROCESSES

Terry Hill




OVERVIEW

FACTORS involved in making productsTypes of manufacturing PROCESSESPRODUCT CATEGORIES and production processesIMPLICATIONS of alternative processesHYBRID processesProduct PROFILING



FACTORS INVOLVED IN MAKING PRODUCTS

CATEGORIES of productProduct COMPLEXITYVOLUMES



FACTORS INVOLVED IN MAKING PRODUCTS



TYPES OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES

ProjectJobbingBatchLineContinuous processing







Exhibit 6.5 from page 184






PRODUCT CATEGORIESAND PRODUCTION PROCESSES

(Reflections)

PROJECT for special and standard productsProject and continuous processing are SPECIFIC PRODUCT typesCompanies often use COMBINATIONS of processesTASKS undertaken by jobbing, batch and lineVOLUME = (order quantity) x (unit time)WIDENING range to increase volumesDimensions of FLEXIBILITYMost companies use BATCH process




(Project for special and standard products)





(Tasks undertaken by jobbing batch and line)





(Dimensions of flexibility)

Introduction of NEW productsHandling a range of PRODUCTSHandling a range of VOLUMESMeeting DEMAND peaks



IMPLICATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES

LARGE and FIXED investmentEXPENSIVE to changeTRADE-OFFS




(Limited flexibility)





(Trade-offs)




HYBRID PROCESSES

CELLSLINKED batchNAGARE production systemTRANSFER lines



HYBRID PROCESSES

(Cellular layout)




HYBRID PROCESSES

(Linked batch)




HYBRID PROCESSES

(Nagare production system)




PRODUCT PROFILING

(Profile analysis for two plants)


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