Thursday, January 19, 2012

Managing Production and Service Operations


 Bataan Peninsula State University
Capitol Comp., Balanga City, Bataan
College of Engineering and Architecture
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

Managing Production and Service Operations

   I.      What is Operation?

        Operations refer to “any process that accepts inputs and uses resources to change those inputs in useful ways.”

 II.      What is Operation Management?

        Operation management is “the process of planning, organizing, and controlling operations to reach objectives efficiently and effectively.

        Efficiency is related to “the cost of doing something, or the resource utilization involved.”
         Effectiveness refers to goal accomplishment.

III.      Operations and the Engineer Manager

        The engineer manager is expected to produced some output at whatever management level he is

Who are qualified to become Operations Manager?

        The typical operation manager is one with several years of experience in the operations division and possesses an academic background in engineering.

IV.      Types of Transformation Process

A. Manufacturing processes

       Manufacturing Processes are those refer to the making of products by hand or with machinery

·       job shop
A job shop is one whose production is “based on sales orders for a variety of small lots.”

·       batch flow
        The batch flow process is where lots of generally own designed products are manufactured.

·       worker-placed line flow
        An assembly line refers to a production layout arranged in a sequence to accommodate processing of large volumes of standardizes products or services
The quality of output in a worker-paced assembly line depends to a great extent to the skill of the labor utilized.

·       machine-paced line flow
        This type of production process produces mostly standard products with machines playing a significant role.

·       batch/continuous flow hybrid
        This method of processing is a combination of the batch and the continuous flow.

·       Continuous flow
        The continuous flow processing is characterizes by “the rapid rate at which items move through the systems.”

B. Service processes

    Service processes are those that refer to the provision of services to persons by hand or with machinery.

·       service factory
        A service factory offers a limited mix of services which result to some economies of scale in operations.

·       service shop
        A service shop provides a diverse mix of services. The layouts used are those for job shops or fixed position and adaptable to various requirements.

·       mass service
        A mass service company provides services to a large number of people simultaneously. A unique processing method is, therefore, necessary to satisfy this requirement. And it offers limited mix of services.

·       professional service
        These are companies that provide specialized services to other firms or individuals. It offers a diverse mix of services.

 V.      Important Parts of Productive Systems

·       Product design
        Product design refers to “the process of creating a set of product specifications appropriate to the demands of the situation.”

·       Production planning and scheduling
        Production planning may be defined as “forecasting the future sales of a given product, translating this forecast into the demand it generates for various production facilities.
        Scheduling is the “phase of production control involved in developing timetable that specifies how long each operation in the production process takes.”

·       Purchasing and materials management
        Materials management refers to “the approach that seeks efficiency of operation through integration of all material acquisition, movement and storage activities in the firm.”

·       Inventory control
        Inventory control is the process of establishing and maintaining appropriate levels of reserve stocks of goods.

·       Work flow layout
        A work-flow layout is the process of determining the physical arrangement of the production system.

·       Quality control
        Quality control refers to the measurement of products or services against standards set by the company.







Submitted to:
Dr. John Ryan C. Dizon

Submitted by:
Levi Ledesma
Allan John Lumibao
Rommel Magcalas

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