Chapter 14

Components of manufacturing operations

1. The Manufacturing processes, such as procurement, production
scheduling, and stock control.
2. The Manufacturing system employed to produce the goods or services.
Flexible manufacturing system
3. Materials management, it covers the process of material into and out of
the factory.
Factors of Change

Change in customer requirements.

Change in technology.

Change in the workforce.

Change in competition.

Changes in raw materials.

Changes in the environment.

Several reasons for cost reduction with volume of output

Manufacturing task are learned by operators

Larger volume enables specialization among operators

Increasing the volume of production

Increasing the volumes enable greater investments to be made in plant and

machines

Materials costs decrease as the volume of production increases.

Job Production

Job production, sometimes called jobbing or one-off production, involves

producing custom work, such as a one-off product for a specific customer or a
small batch of work in quantities usually less than those of mass-market
products. It is the oldest form of production.

Examples

Designing and implementing an advertising campaign

Auditing the accounts of a large public limited company

Building a new factory

Installing machinery in a factory

Machining a batch of parts per a CAD drawing supplied by a customer

Building the Golden Gate bridge

Batch Production

Batch production is a technique used in manufacturing, in which the object

in question is created stage by stage over a series of workstations, and
different batches of products are made.

Mass Production

Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardized products,

including and especially on assembly lines.

Global Operations
Advantages

Cost can be reduced.

Local skills in area can be exploited.

Overheads can be reduced for some activities.

Products can be engineered for global market.

Central control of stock.