GMS 401 Chapter 6: Chapter 6
21 Nov 2012
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Chapter 6 process design and facility layout. Process design: determining the form and function of how goods or services are produced. Make or buy: the first step in the process design; decide whether to make a part or product in-house or to buy it or a segment of production process from another company. Repetitive process: a type of process used when high quantities of more standardized goods or services are needed: standardized output means only slight flexibility of equipment is needed, skill of workers is low, examples: Production lines: a sequence of machines/workstations that perform operations on a part/product. Assembly line: a production line where parts are added to a product sequentially: the line can either be machine-paced (same speed) or worker-paced (variable speed. Continuous: when a very high volume of highly standardized output is desired: almost no variety, low skilled workers, product is usually continuous, and therefore cannot be counted, examples: paper, sugar, flour.
