Chapter 6 entitled 'Process selection and facility layout' explains the strategic importance and the influence that process selection has on organization. It also includes types of basic processing and reviews automated approaches to processing. It also describes advantages and disadvantages of product and process layouts. | Process Selection and Facility Layout McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. You should be able to: Explain the strategic importance of process selection Describe the influence that process selection has on the organization Compare the basic processing types Explain the need for management of technology List some reasons for redesign of layouts Describe the basic layout types, and the main advantages and disadvantages of each Solve simple line-balancing problems Develop simple process layouts 6- Student Slides Process selection Refers to deciding on the way production of goods or services will be organized It has major implications for Capacity planning Layout of facilities Equipment Design of work systems 6- Student Slides Job Shop Batch Repetitive/ Assembly Continuous Description Customized goods or services Semi- standardized goods or services Standardized goods or services Highly standardized Goods or services Advantages | Process Selection and Facility Layout McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. You should be able to: Explain the strategic importance of process selection Describe the influence that process selection has on the organization Compare the basic processing types Explain the need for management of technology List some reasons for redesign of layouts Describe the basic layout types, and the main advantages and disadvantages of each Solve simple line-balancing problems Develop simple process layouts 6- Student Slides Process selection Refers to deciding on the way production of goods or services will be organized It has major implications for Capacity planning Layout of facilities Equipment Design of work systems 6- Student Slides Job Shop Batch Repetitive/ Assembly Continuous Description Customized goods or services Semi- standardized goods or services Standardized goods or services Highly standardized Goods or services Advantages Able to handle a wide variety of work Flexibility; easy to add or change products or services Low unit cost, high volume, efficient Very efficient, very high volume Disadvantages Slow, high cost per unit, complex planning and scheduling Moderate cost per unit, moderate scheduling complexity Low flexibility, high cost of downtime Very rigid, lack of variety, costly to change, very high cost of downtime Student Slides 6- Technological Innovation The discovery and development of new or improved products, services, or processes for producing or providing them Technology The application of scientific discoveries to the development and improvement of products and services and/or the processes that produce or provide them 6- Student Slides Automation Machinery that has sensing and control devices that enable it to operate automatically Fixed automation Programmable automation Flexible automation Student Slides 6- Layout the configuration of departments, work centers, and .
