Operations
Management
5
P’s of operations management
•Product
•Plant
•Processes
•Programs
•People
The
design process
•An
organization can gain a competitive edge through designs that bring new ideas
to the market quickly.
Product
design specifies the materials to be used, the appearance of the product.
Service
design specifies the psychological benefits the customer is to receive from the
service.
Process
Design
Process Designs defines the steps and processes in sequential order, detailing
all the inputs and specifications of tools, machines, operations and/or
processes to produce the desired product with the shortest possible route and
best of engineering practices so as to meet the objects of quality, quantity
and economy in the defined time frame.
Functional
Design
•It
is concerned with how the product performs.
•The
two characteristics considered during the phase of the design are
-Reliability
-Maintainability
Reliability
•It is the probability that a given part or
product will perform its intended function for a specified length of time under
normal conditions of use.
•The
reliability information from product warranties.
•E.g. A hair dryer might guarantee to function
(blow air with a certain force at a certain temp.) for one year under normal
condition of use. (defined to 300 hours of operation)
Maintainability
•Also
known as serviceability refer to the
ease and/ or cost with which a product or service is maintained or repaired.
•Products
can be made easier to maintain by assembling them in modules, like computers so
that entire control panels cards or disk drivers can be replaced when they
malfunction
DFMA
•Design
For Manufacture and Assembly is the process of designing a product so that it
can be produced easily and economically.
•DFMA
not only improves the quality of the product but also reduces both time and
cost of the product design and
manufacture.
Plant
location
•Plant
location can be understood as the function of determining where the plant
should be located for maximum operating economy and effectiveness.
•Selection
of a place for locating a plant
Plant
layout
•When
a new plant is erected the question of placement of machinery, tool rooms , the
location of the store and the like receive a priority consideration .
Definition
•A
plant layout refers to the arrangement of machinery, equipment and other
industrial facilities such as receiving and shipping departments, tool rooms,
maintenance rooms and employee amenities.