Professional Documents
Culture Documents
MRP I Inputs
Product structure file
Master production schedule
Inventory master file
Objectives
Zero lead time
Zero failures
Zero inventory
Flexible manufacture
Eliminate waste
Flow process
Building Blocks
JIT is a combination of product design, manufacturing plan &
control, process design and human resource.
Aggregate Planning
Meaning
It is a process of developing, analysing and maintaining an
initial, approximate schedule of the overall operation of an
organization.
This plan generally contains targeted sales forecasts,
production levels, inventory levels and customer backlogs.
Definition
This is an operational activity that does an aggregate plan for
the production process, in advance of 6 to 18 months, to give
an idea to management as to what quantity of materials
and other resources are to be procured.
Objectives
Minimize cost/ Maximize profits
Maximize customer service
Minimize inventory investment
Minimize changes in production rates
Minimize changes in workforce levels
Maximize utilization of plant and equipment
Process
1. Determine demand for each period
2. Determine capacities for each period
3. Identify policies that are pertinent
4. Determine units cost for units produced
5. Develop alternative plans and compute costs for each
6. Select the best plan that satisfies objective.
Strategies
1. Level strategy
2. Chase strategy
Techniques
1. Linear Programming Model
2. Linear Decision Rule
3. Simulation
Line Balancing
Definition
This is an analysis process which tries to equally divide work
to be carried out in a production process among
workstations.
Objective
Assigning task to each workstation on such a way that there
is only a little idle time.
Procedure
Determination of tasks that must be performed to complete
one unit of a product.
Determining the order of performing the whole set of tasks.
Drawing precedence diagram.
Estimation of task time.
Calculation of cycle time.
Determination of minimum number of workstation required.
Key challenges
Integration of components from different suppliers
Data integrity
Process control
Devices and equipment used in CIM
CNC
PNC
DNC
Technologies in CIM
Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS)
Automated Storage and Retrieval System(ASRS)
Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV)
Automated conveyance systems & Robotics