week 1

Question 1

what is the traditional and new definition of manufacturing?

Answer 1

traditionally - converting raw materials into products using machinery and labour
now can include value adding

Question 2

what are the three manufacturing industries

Answer 2

primary - exploit naturals resources
secondary - convert outputs of primary into products
tertiary - provide services

Question 3

what are the 4 manufacturing operations and processes along with any sub categories

Answer 3

1) process assembly
2) material handling
3) inspection
4) operations management ( strategy, design, planning and control, improvement)

Question 4

types of production facility

Answer 4

• low volume production ( 1-100 units) - Job shop
• medium volume production (100-10000 units) - Batch production and cellular manufacturing
• high volume production ( >10000 units) - mass production

Question 5

correlation between product variety and quantity

Answer 5

inverse correlation between variety and quantity in factories
factories either produce great number of few products or a wide variety of products in small numbers

Question 6

what doe each of these variables mean for part complexity - nof, P, Q, np,no

Answer 6

nof - number of operations per year in factory
P - product designs
Q - produced number
np - number of parts
no - number of operations for each part

Question 7

what are the limitations and capabilities

Answer 7

• technical processing capability
• physical product limitations
• production capacity

Question 8

evaluating processes

Answer 8

• cost
• rate
• quality (subjective with marketing and consumer trends)
• flexibility (machinery)