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Lesson 18
PROCESS SELECTION
Process Selection plays an important part in over all design of production and operations
management systems. Process Selection allows an organization to offer a safe and reliable product
and service through pragmatic design and effective capacity planning. With the help of process
selection we can understand the different types of processing including manual, rigid, and flexible
manager to better understand the need for management of technology. Together with capacity
planning it helps an organization to develop different approaches to meet the irregular demand
Process Selection refers to the way an organization chooses to produce its good or services. It takes into
account selection of technology, capacity planning, layout of facilities, and design of work systems.
Process selection is a natural extension after selection of new products and services.
1. Make or Buy Decisions. The extent to which an organization will produce goods or provide in
2. Capital Intensity. The mix of equipment and labor will be used by the government.
3. Process Flexibility: The degree to which the system can be adjusted to changes in processing
requirements due to such factors as changes in product or service design, changes in volume
There are 6 reasons which are available to us in order to decide whether to develop a competence in
house or hire an outside competent organization to supply that product, service or particular
expertise. The latter requires that the outsourcer to be honest, ethical, competent. It also requires that
outsourcing contract should be flexible yet pragmatic and carry proper levels of services.
Available capacity if an organization has the equipment, necessary skills and time, it often
makes sense to produce an item or perform a service in house. The additional costs would
be relatively small compared with those required to buy items or subcontract them.
reasonable alternative.
Quality considerations. Firms that specialize can usually offer higher quality than an
organization can attain itself. Conversely, special quality requirements or the ability to
Nature of demand. When demand for an item is high and steady, the organization is often
better off doing the work itself. However, wide fluctuations in demand or small orders are
usually better handled by specialists, who are able to combine orders from multiple sources,
which results in higher volume and tend to offset individual buyer fluctuation.
Cost. Any cost savings achieved from buying or making must be weighed against the
preceding factors. Cost savings might come from the item itself or from transportation cost
savings. If there are fixed costs associated with making an item that cannot be reallocated if
Risk. Outsourcing or buying the services carries risk; often companies retain flexibility by
carrying out certain critical activities in house and repetitive menial activities through
outsourcing.
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Types of Operation
The degree of standardization and the volume of output of a product or service influence the way
production is organized. Output can range from high volume, highly standardized, to low volume,
highly customized.
1. Continuous Processing.
1. Repetitive Processing.
2. Intermittent Processing.
1. Batch Processing
2. Job Shop.
3. Automation
3. Robot
4. Manufacturing Cell.
1. A system that produces highly uniform products or continuous services, often performed by
machines.
2. Repetitive Processing. A production system that renders one or a few highly standardized
products or services.
Intermittent Processing
1. A system that produces lower volumes of items or services with a greater variety of processing
requirements.
3. Job Shop. A system that renders unit or small lot production or service with varying
Machinery that has sensing and controlling devices that enables it to operate automatically.
processing instructions
3. Robot a machine that consists of a mechanical arm, a power supply and a controller.
Flexible Automation
1. Manufacturing Cell. One or a few N/C machines that produce a variety of parts.
2. Disadvantage.
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