Production Planning Flashcards
Why is production planning flowcharts useful?
Ensures that:
- resources are organised
- stages of making are detailed
- order of making is logical
- quality of made pieces is monitored
- work schedules are met
Quality control
-products are checked to assess whether they conform to set standards
What do manufacturing specifications include?
- product name, description, reference number and date
- working drawing or photo of product
- fabric, components
- specific tools needed
- pattern lay plan
- instructions for making
- quality control check points
- tolerance levels
- packaging requirements
Tolerance levels
-given to ensure that when products are made in quantity they conform to a specified range of variance allowed on each process
-might be given for size of product, seam allowance
45 x 45 cushion (is actually 44.5 x 45.5 with tolerance level of 1cm)
Comparative shop
- research activity to compare and contrast two or more similar existing products
- results presented as report or in table
Overheads
- factory running costs
- electricity, heating etc
Indirect costs
-business expenses not directly attributable to any particular product
Critical control points
- stages at which checks are made:
1. Raw materials checks
2. Prototype testing
3. Production sampling - any modifications can then be made before moving on to next stage
Product costing spreadsheet includes costs of:
- research
- design and development
- machinery and equipment
- factory overheads
- cost of storage
- staff training
- testing and quality control checks
- packaging
- transport
- advertising and marketing
- manufacturing profit
Manufacturing specification
provides clear set of instructions and diagrams to enable the manufacturer to make the product exactly as the designer envisaged
