Overview of a Manufacturing Business

Question 1

What needs to be managed?

Answer 1

Plant, people, materials

Question 2

What are the transforming resources?

Answer 2

Plant and staff

Question 3

What are the transformed resources?

Answer 3

Raw materials and components

Question 4

Why should resources be managed?

Answer 4

Customers want time, quality and cost

Question 5

What is management (of people)?

Answer 5

Accomplishment of goals through others

Question 6

What is Operations management and its difference with manufacturing management?

Answer 6

OM is provisions of a service and/or products. MM is a subset of OM that is a provision of solely products i.e. factories.

Question 7

What are the core functions in a manufacturing business?

Answer 7

Production planning, production control, production/assembly, product research and development, marketing

Question 8

What are the support functions in a manufacturing business?

Answer 8

Design and drawing, engineering, sales order processing / costing, accounts / finance, purchasing, goods inwards / material store, finish goods/dispatch, quality control, personnel, customer relations, health and safety