OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Production/Operations Management (POM)

It involves converting an organization ' s inputs into final goods or services through defined and repeatable policies.

1. INPUTS

2. TRANSFORMATION PROCESS

3. OUTPUTS

4. CONTINUOUS

SCHEMATIC PRODUCTION SYSTEM

1. JOB SHOP PRODUCTION

2. BATCH PRODUCTION

3. MASS PRODUCTION

4. CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION

FOUR PRIMARY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

1. MEN

2. MATERIALS

3. MACHINES

4. INFORMATION

5. CAPITAL

THE INPUTS IN SCHEMATIC PRODUCTION SYSTEM CONSISTS OF

1. PRODUCT DESIGN

2. PRODUCT PLANNING

3. PRODUCTION CONTROL

4. MAINTENANCE

THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS IN SCHEMATIC PRODUCTION SYSTEM CONSISTS OF

1. PRODUCT

2. SERVICES

THE OUTPUTS IN SCHEMATIC PRODUCTION SYSTEM CONSISTS OF

1. INVENTORY

2. QUALITY

3. COST

THE CONTINUOUS IN SCHEMATIC PRODUCTION SYSTEM CONSISTS OF

JOB SHOP PRODUCTION

are characterized by manufacturing of

one or few quantity of products designed and produced as per

the specification of customers within prefixed time and cost.

The distinguishing feature of this is low volume and high

variety of products.

BATCH PRODUCTION

is defined by American Production and

Inventory Control Society (APICS) “as a form of manufacturing in

which the job passes through the functional departments in lots or

batches and each lot may have a different routing.” It is

characterized by the manufacture of limited number of products

produced at regular intervals and stocked awaiting sales.

mass production

Manufacture of discrete parts or assemblies using a continuous

process are called mass production. This production system is

justified by very large volume of production. The machines are

arranged in a line or product layout. Product and process

standardization exists and all outputs follow the same path.

continuous production

Production facilities are arranged as per the sequence of

production operations from the first operations to the finished

product. The items are made to flow through the sequence of

operations through material handling devices such as conveyors,

transfer devices, etc.

production

“the step-by-step conversion of one form of material

into another form through chemical or mechanical process to create or enhance the

utility of the product to the user.” Thus production is a value addition process. At

each stage of processing, there will be value addition.

edwood buffa

defines production as „a process by which goods and services

are created‟.