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3 Manufacturing System Design 7

Product

Product Product Attributes


Product Planning Lifecycle Issues
Optimisation Number of Parts

Part Part Attributes


Part Planning Task Sequence
Optimisation Tooling

Assembly Assembly Attributes


Assembly Planning Task Sequence
Optimisation Time

Time and Cost

No
Acceptable

Yes
Workstations Manufacturing Time
Workstations Product Volume
Optimisation Line Balance

Layout Process Equipment


Layout Planning Transfer Systems
Optimisation Layout Design

Throughput Just in Time


Throughput Strategy Kanban
Optimisation Buffer Levels

Manufacturing System

No
Acceptable

Yes
Production

Fig. 1.6 Manufacturing system design

occupied and this leads to inefficiencies. The cycle time reflects the throughput
rate or how many will be made per hour or per day, as for example in a bakery or
in a car plant. If the production requirement is very high then the cycle time can be
significantly less than the smallest task time. This leads to problems which are
overcome by parallel workstations performing the same task. This helps to reduce

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