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Production
International Steel
A Production
Operations Management: all
activities involved in producing goods and services
Global Trends: reducing costs, new equipment, computers and
flexibility, and improving control
Analytic and synthetic processes:
Career minded? You need to
be able to: motivate, understand
technology, use control, and understand the entire process.
B The
Conversion Process: inputs
– conversion – outputs
What does this mean?
How does service conversion differ?
C Products
and Services
1 R & D
2 Product Extension and
Refinement
* What do refining and
extension mean? How did
Rollerblade do it?
D Planning
for Production
1 Design Planning
* Product line and product
design
* Required Capacity
* Use of Technolog
2 Facilities Planning and
Site Selection
* What do companies
consider?
Examples in our area?
* Human resources
* Plant layout
3 Operational Planning
What are the steps?
E Operations
Control
1 Purchasing:
price, quality, reliability, credit terms, and shipping costs are
important
2 Inventory control: minimize costs including holding and stock-outs
* MRP:
materials requirements planning
3 Scheduling:
materials at the right place at the right time
* Gantt and PERT
4 Quality control
* SPC, SQC, quality
circles, and inspection
* Employee participation
* ISO 9000
F What
are the trends for productivity?