Process Layout Design

Manufacturing process design

• Why ? Because a good process design will help you achieve the business objective

• What ? The processes and tasks within them

• How ? Mapping your processes on the basis of throughput time, resource utilisation and waiting time

Process Flow

a set of Tasks connected by a Flow of goods and information that transforms Input to Output.

Craft

• Qualified workers

• High flexibility

• Low volume

Mass

• Non qualified workers

• Low flexibility

• High productivity

Mass Customization

Combines advantages of both

Process, Volume and Variety

Product Process Matrix

Types of processes

Process product matrix in services

Job Shop (Craft: wedding cake)

mass production (Industrial bread)

Batch (baguettes)

Extreme shop case

Fixed position // Fictional

Cell // Product