Test 1 Study Guide Flashcards
What are various decisions you make under facilities planning?
Strategic, Tactical and Operational decisions
What is Facilities Planning?
Facilities Location + Facilities Design
Why is Facilities Planning important?
Due to changes in demand, new product introductions, process changes and new legislation.
Facilities Types?
Manufacturing, Office, Hospital, and Emergency Room
Why must manufacturing-strategies be incorporated into facilities planning?
Must be integrated because if not:
Business may have noncompetitive production systems. Or expensive and time consuming manufacturing systems.
What categories of information do you need to complete a facilities planning project?
Product Design
Process Design
Schedule Design
What does product, process and schedule design address?
Product: What to produce?
Process: Who should produce? And How to produce?
Schedule Design: How much to produce? When and how long to produce?
What pieces of information comes from product design?
Assembly Drawing
Part Drawings
Bill of Materials
What pieces of information comes from process design?
Process Plan
Route Sheets
Assembly Charts
What kind of details will you need for marketing information?
Volume Information
Dynamic Data
Trends
Short-Term Variability
What is the Volume-Variety Chart?
Plots volume of various products produced in decreasing order of volume.
What is scrap estimate?
Estimate of scrap produced at various process steps.
Why do you need to consider scrap estimates?
Scrap has a cascading effect on required production volumes.
What is the formula for equipment/machine fraction?
F = SQ/EHR
What are the different types of layouts?
Product Fixed Location Group Technology Process Hybrid
