Unit 8. Production Planning and Workflow production planning

Lean Manufacturing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfsRAZUnonI

Four Principles Lean Management 

WORK FLOW

• Moving Material
• Work flow is the movement of materials through the production process
• Plant Capacity
• Capacity of a process is the maximum rate at which inputs can be transformed to create outputs
• Design Capacity
• The target rate at which the facility is designed to operate
• Effective Capacity
• The rate of output under normal working conditions
• Actual Output
• The amount of production in a given period
• Bottlenecks
• Point at which the production rate restricts the flow of materials

WORK FLOW

• Arranging Facilities
• Facility Layout
• Arrangement of work areas, equipment, and departments
• Production Layout
• Moves large volumes of material in a sequence to produce standardized goods
• Process Layout
• Groups similar functions into work stations
• Fixed-Position Layout
• Used to produce very large, low-volume products

WORK FLOW

• Cellular Manufacturing
• A combination of process and product layouts. More flexible because machines can be moved into and out of cell. Team is responsible for all aspects of the product. They lend themselves to customization of standard products to meet specific customer needs
• Line Balancing
• Process of deciding how to assign groups of tasks to workstations
• Cycle Time
• Maximum time allowed for each workstation to complete its task

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmAwcMNxGqM
Cycle Time Video