process engineering Flashcards
Active studying of business/ industry
processes and creating an improved or
completely new process
process engineering
Conceptualizing, designing, and providing the
process steps and specifications to produce a
useful product or material that is used
domestically and/or industrially in variety of
applications. Process engineering does not
involve detailed development of individual
machines or equipment.
process engineering
Designs, optimizes, and oversees production
processes in manufacturing or chemical
plants. They ensure that equipment and
workflows maximize efficiency, minimize
waste, and meet safety and quality
standards.
process engineers
This is a decision-making process, which
involves researching and developing new
products that meet the markets need.
PRODUCT PLANNING
It is a continuous function in the dynamic
environment of a competitive situation, since
any single product generally possesses a finite
life cycle.
PRODUCT PLANNING
Helps in staying competitive by adapting to
changing market conditions and managing the
finite life cycles of products.
PRODUCT PLANNING
is the function of
creating drawings or other graphical
representations of products/parts which
performs necessary functions based on
the ‘technical specification’, which has
been established in the product
planning stage.
Product design
Refers to the hierarchical
arrangement of a product’s
components, including sub-
assemblies and individual parts. It
outlines how these parts fit together
and their relationships within the final
product.
The product structure often includes a
bill of materials (BOM) which
generates a parts list by ‘exploding’
the bill of materials
PRODUCT STRUCTURE
AND EXPLOSION
is the decision-making activity that determines
the sequence of operations needed to convert raw materials into
finished products, following aggregate production planning and
product design completion. It considers factors such as product
types, quantities, raw materials, parts, available production
facilities, and technology.
Process planning
is macroscopic decision-making of an
overall process route for converting the raw material into a
product.
Process design
is microscopic decision-making of
individual operations contained in the process route.
Operation design
(1) to analyse the work flow for converting raw
material into a finished product—flow f-line)
analysis.
(2) to select the workstation for each operation
included in the work flow.
FUNCTION OF PROCESS DESIGN
involves detailed planning of each production step. This includes deciding the specific types of operations, their content, and the methods to perform them. Each operation is broken down into smaller tasks, such as loading a workpiece,
starting a machine, and unloading the workpiece for the next step in production.
Operation design
Process of determining spatial arrangement of
production facilities.
Supports efficient transformation from raw
materials to finished products.
Known as “Plant Layout” when applied to
production plants.
layout planning
Efficiency of Production
Stability of Production Facility Utilization
Minimization of Work-in-Process Inventories
Flexibility and Adaptability
Economy of Production
aims of layout planning
Developed by Muther (1973), SLP is a heuristic
approach used to determine the best layout plan for
production facilities.
SYSTEMATIC LAYOUT PLANNING
It consists of four phases:
a.Location
b.General Overall Layout
c.Detailed Layout Plans
d.Installation
SYSTEMATIC LAYOUT PLANNING (SLP)
These problems involve determining the optimal
allocation of raw materials from multiple suppliers to
various production facilities and the delivery of
finished goods from factories to distribution centers or
markets.
Transportation Problems
This focuses on minimizing transportation distances or
times when distributing products from a factory to
multiple locations (markets).
Distribution Problems
REFERS TO USING TECHNOLOGY AND
MACHINES TO PERFORM SPECIFIC TASKS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR
HUMANS TO INTERVENE.
AUTOMATION
ALSO KNOWN AS “HARD AUTOMATION,AUTOMATION, IS DESIGNED
FOR PRODUCTION SYSTEMS THAT REQUIRE HIGH EFFICIENCY IN HIGH-
VOLUME PRODUCTION. IT INVOLVES EQUIPMENT DEDICATED TO
PERFORMING A SPECIFIC SET OF OPERATIONS ON A SINGLE PART,
MAKING IT IDEAL FOR REPETITIVE TASKS.
FIXED AUTOMATION,
REFERS TO MACHINERY WHICH IS USED IN
PARTICULAR TASKS, SUCH AS REPETITIVE ACTIONS ON A PRODUCTION
LINE. THE MACHINES ARE PRE-PROGRAMMED TO PERFORM THE TASKS
WITH PRECISION AND CONSISTENCY.
FIXED AUTOMATION
Involve using technologies to automate the processes of handling materials and managing information. This includes transitioning from manual tools to mechanization and full automation, with key components such as Factory Automation (FA), flexible systems, and computer-controlled automation.
AUTOMATION SYSTEMS FOR MANUFACTURING
