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Introduction
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Blending Pasteurizing Homo- Cooling/ Flavoring Freezing
-genizing resting
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Raw Hardening Packaging/ Adding
Finished
material bundling ingredients
goods
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cream sugar
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Even a simple thing such as ice cream goes
through so many stages
# What is a process?
Flow flow
Giffized repetitive highlystandardized
shortcut
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As we move from the right to the left of this spectrum these
processes differ from each other on the basis of various
dimensions
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High customization High standardization
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low volume High volume
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Process Choice
Production & Operations Management 1
Process Choice
What is a process?
A process is a series of actions or steps
taken in order to achieve a particular end.
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Blending Pasteurizing Homogenizing Cooling /resting Flavoring Freezing
RM FG 9 8 7
Hardening Packaging/ Adding
Raw materials Finished goods bundling ingredients
Process Choice 4
PROJECT
Production & Operations Management
Example: construction
➢ One-off activity.
➢ Follows deadlines, budgets.
➢ ResourcesEbrought to site,
then disbanded.
➢ Works starts after customer
order.
Source: http://www.pixabay.com
Example: ship
Source: http://cochinshipyard.com building
Process Choice 6
PROJECT EXAMPLES
Production & Operations Management
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❖ An event (sports, cultural, political, business, religious, social).
Process Choice 7
PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS
Production & Operations Management
JOB SHOP
Production & Operations Management
Example: a Restaurant
➢ Over 125 items listed on the menu;
each customer orders a unique
combination of some items.
➢ Production & service follows the
order.
Source: http://www.pixabay.com
JOB SHOP
Production & Operations Management
A machine shop
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Process Choice 10
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❖ Beauty saloon.
volume is 1
project
volume is slightly high
jobshops
Process Choice 11
M1 M2
M3 M4
M6
M5
BATCH PROCESS
Production & Operations Management
➢ Produces in large
batches, not individual
copies (e.g. 1000,
5000, 10000 copies).
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BATCH PROCESS
Production & Operations Management
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COMMERICAL BAKERY PRODUCTION
Process Choice 15
M1 M2
M3 M4
M5 M6
A C
B D
Process Choice 17
LINE FLOW
he
Production & Operations Management
Assembly
Repetitiveprocess
Example: Boeing
assembly line (1944)
➢ A large number of machines and men are arranged in sequence
from beginning to end of assembly.
➢ Same sequence is followed for
É each unit produced, no or
minimal flexibility.
➢ The same line might sometimes be used to assemble different
models, but the sequence of operations remains the same.
Process Choice 19
LINE FLOW
Production & Operations Management
DOUGHNUT
PRODUCTION LINE
By Neil T - originally posted to Flickr as Krispy
Kreme Doughnuts, CC BY-SA 2.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curi
d=5816068
Process Choice 20
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LINE FLOW SCHEMATIC
Production & Operations Management
Assentlying
M1 M2 M3 M4
M5 M6
A C
B D
Process Choice 22
Oil refinery
no
disgorged
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FLOW
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STEAM TURBINE
FOR ELECTRICITY
GENERATION
By Siemens Pressebild -
http://www.siemens.com/index.jsp?sdc_p=c
fi1075924l0mno1130262ps5uz3&sdc_
bcpath=1327899.s_5%2C%3A1176453.s_5
%2C&sdc_sid=31880989447&,
CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
?curid=444984
Process Choice 25
M1 M2 M3
M4 M5 M6
A C
B D
Process Choice 27
Disconnected
Batch
line flow (batch
shop) process
Connected line
flow (assembly Line flow
line)
Less
divergence,
more line Continuous
Continuous line
flows flow
Process Choice 29
Process Comparisons
Production & Operations Management
CONTINUOUS
PROJECT JOB SHOP BATCH LINE FLOW
FLOW
Dis-
Flow of work -- Jumbled Connected Continuous
connected
Number of
Unlimited Very many Several Few One
products
Volume Gimme 1 Low Moderate High Very High
Capital
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Very low Low Moderate High Very High
investment
Variable cost Very high High Moderate Low Very Low
Labour
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Very high High Moderate Low Very Low
content
Labour skill Very high High Moderate Low Very Low
Production & Operations Management Process Choice
YOU
THANK
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