SCM 301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Job Shop, Business Process, Production Line (Ice Hockey)
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General principles to keep in mind when selecting a manufacturing process: Selecting an effective manufacturing process means much more than just choosing the right equipment. Includes people, facilities, physical layouts, and information systems. Different manufacturing processes have different strengths and weaknesses. The manufacture of a particular item might require many different types of manufacturing processes, spread over multiple sites and organizations in the supply chain. No manufacturing process can be best at everything. Manufacturing & service processes are very important to firms b/c: They tend to be expensive and far reaching. Process decisions deserve extra attention because different processes have different strengths and weaknesses. Some processes are particularly good at supporting a wide variety of goods and services. Questions to ask when selecting a manufacturing process: Flexible manufacturing systems (fmss): highly automated batch processes that can reduce the cost of making groups of similar products.
