INDT 30

• Challenges In Manufacturing

  • Supply Chain Disruption
  • Technological Changes
  • Quality control
  • Workforce management
  • Lack of skilled worker
  • Global competition
  • Labor Shortage
• Types of Production

  • Job shop production- Customized production of low volume and high variety products.
  • Batch production- Manufacturing in batches or groups with same set of process.
  • Mass production- High volume production of standardized products.
  • Continuous production- uninterrupted production of large quantities of goods.
• Input- Raw material, Machines and labour.

  Output- Finished good and services.

  Conversion Process- Manual and mechanical operation.
• 5S

  Sort, Set in order, Standardize, Shine, Sustain.
• 5Ms

  Men, Materials, Machines, Method, Money.
• Mass production- Large quantities of standardized products.

  Over production- Excessive production.
• Design Strategy- refers to a plan or  approach that guides the development of products, services or experiences.
• Design strategies

  • Design thinking- A human centered approach.
  • Sustainable design- Aiming to reduce the environmental impact of products.
  • Responsive design- Websites or apps that adapt and respond.
• Design Strategies

  • Iterative design- involves prototyping, testing, refining design.
• Idea Generation- process begins with brainstorming session, customer feedback, market research or technological advancement and innovation.
• Phases of Product Development.

  • Idea generation
  • Research
  • Planning
  • Prototyping
  • Testing
  • Product development
  • Commercialization
• Flexibility- Having the ability to a dapt production processes.

  External customers- the one who pays the goods, clients.