Types of production systems

1. Types of production systems

2. Factors Influencing Process Choices • Volume: Average quantity of the products produced in a manufacturing system • Low volume: Turnkey project management firms such as L&T and BHEL • High volume: Consumer non-durable and FMCG sector firms, Automobile, Chemical Processing • Mid-volume: Consumer durables, white goods and several industrial products • Variety: Number of alternative products and variants of each product that is offered by a manufacturing system • Variety of product offerings is likely to introduce variety at various processes in the system; alternative production resources, materials, and skill of workers (Titan ,Telco) • Flow: Flow indicates the nature and intensity of activities involved in conversion of components and material from raw material stage to finished goods stage

3. Relationship between volume and variety High High Volume Variety Mass Production Petrochemicals, Automobile Project Organisations Turnkey Project Execution Mid volume Mid variety Motor Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals

4. Processes & Operations SystemsAvailable Alternatives • Three types of flows occur in operating systems: • Continuous • Intermittent • Jumbled • Process characteristics are largely determined by the flow of products in the operating system

5. Types of industries

6. Paper ManufacturingAn example of process industry Processing of the wood Logs and chips of wood stored Crushing of logs and chips Preparatory Drying the wood pulp Refining the Wood pulp Cleaning & Bleaching Pulp making Stretching Paper rolling Cutting Final packing Paper making

7. Continuous Flow SystemMass production in discrete manufacturing • In discrete manufacturing various components are manufactured in discrete fashion and the final product is obtained through an assembly process • In a mass production system, the volume of production is very high and the number of variations in the final product is low • Examples: • Automobile and two wheeler manufacturers, • Manufacturers of electrical components such as switches and health care products such as disposable syringes • The entire manufacturing is organised by arranging the resources one after the other as per the manufacturing sequence (known as product line structure)

8. Intermittent Flow System • Characterised by mid-volume, mid-variety products/services • Increases the flow complexities • Flow and capacity balancing are difficult but important • Process industries use batch production methods • Discrete industries use alternative methods of designing layout issues • Capacity Estimation is hard • Production Planning & Control is complex

9. Jumbled Flow System • Occurs on account of non-standard and complex flow patterns characteristic in certain systems • Highly customised items • customer orders for one or a few • Examples • turnkey project executor such as BHEL or L&T • customised manufacturing systems such as PCB fabricators, sheet metal fabricators, tool room operators and printing and publishing • Operational complexity arising out of jumbled flow is high

10. Types of Production systems

11. Types of Production SystemsJob Shop Type of Production • as per Customer demand, e.g. heavy m/c s, • low volume –high variety. • Use of general purpose m/cs • Highly skilled operators • Large inventory of material, tools, parts. • Detailed planning required. • Limitations high cost, production planning is complicated

12. Batch Type of Production: Lot Production of similar items – job passes through the functional departments in lots or batches. E.g : medicines. • Shorter production runs. • Plant and machinery are flexible. • Better utilization of plant and machinery • Limitations – production planning becomes complex.

13. Mass Production : • manufacture of discrete parts and accessories using a continuous process is called mass production, • Demand pattern known, Standard product, Large batches. Dedicated assembly lines. lines, E.g :TV • Higher rate of production. • Higher capacity utilization. • Less skilled operators are required. • Manufacturing cost per unit is low. • Limitations ; breakdown of one m/c will stop entire prodn line. • High investment.

14. Flow /Continuous Production : production facilities are arranged as per sequence of operations. Material is made to flow through sequence of e.g. Cement, Petrol/Diesel • Dedicated plant and machinery with Zero flexibility. • Material handling is fully automated. • Planning and scheduling is routine action. • High volume of production. • Limitations: High investment, no flexibility.

15. Manufacturing Reference Model Low volume JOB/ASSEMBLY Machine-Tools Farming Equipments Shutters Jewelry BATCH/MIX Food Beverages, Wine Dairy Products Pharmaceuticals Paint D I S C R E T E P R O C E S S HIGH VOLUME/ REPETITIVE Electronic Components Spinning Mills Batteries Tyres PROCESS/FLOW Refineries Glass Graphite Paper Mills Steel Fertilizers High Volume

16. Product – Process Matrix Low Volume Low Standardisation One of a kind Multiple Products Low Volume Few Major Products Higher Volume High Volume High Standardisation Commodity Products Jumbled Flow (Job Shop) None Satellite Launch Vehicle Disconnected Line Flow (Batch) Machine Tools Connected Line Flow (Assembly Line) Auto electric parts None Continuous Flow Polyethylene .

17. Manufacturing Strategies raw materials components semifinished finishedgoods prod eng prod prod make-to-stock supplier customer assemble-to-order make-to-order engineer-to-order customer driven standard