BU385 Chapter 6: Process Design and Facility Layout
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There is greater need to rely on automated process control systems due to the speed with which production takes place. Dealing with costs and overall challenges associated with starting and stopping the production system. Must match production requirements and production process characteristics. Focused factory concept high volume shops that specialize in a particular output. Hybridization some organizations have been able to combine volume and specialization in their product offerings: i. e. Automation using machinery/equipment with sensing and control devices that enable it to operate automatically. Advantages: low variability capacity to do repetitive tasks without the variability that affects quality and productivity that would occur if humans performed the job, contrasts to labour with respect to working conditions and remuneration. Doesn"t strike for better working conditions or more money. Is unaffected by hazardous working conditions: can be seen as strategy necessary for competitiveness.
