0 CONTENTS SECTION ONE Production Management CHAPTER L “overview of Production Management Concept of Operations - Production as a System —Production as Organisation Function - Production ae Conversion Process ~ Production as the Creation of Utilities ~ Definition of Production Management — Components of Production Function ~ Scope of Production Management - Organisation for Production ~ Functions and Responsibilities of a Production Manager — Production Management Strategies — Decisions involved in Production Management ~ Production Procedure ~ Relationship of Production with other Functions ~ Production and Marketing — Production and Finance ~ Production and Human Resource ~ Problems of Production Management ~ Historical Development of Production Management ~ Review Questions. 2. Production Systems and Methods “Types of Production/ Manufacturing Systems ~ Continuous Production System ~ Characteristics ~ Types — Mass Production ~ Process Production ~ Assembly Production — Advantages and Disadvantages of Continuous Production System — Suitability of Continuous Production System — Intermittent Production System ~ Characteristics ~ Types of Intermittent Production — Job of Unit Production ~ Characteristics of Job Production — Advantages and Disadvantages of Job Production — Batch Production ~ Characteristics of Batch Production — Merits and Demerits of Batch Production ~ Suitability of Batch Production System — Advantages and Disadvantages of Intermittent Production System — Comparison 0° various Manufacturing Systems ~ Comparison of Production Planning and Control in Intermittent and Continuous Manufacturing Systems ~ Differences Between Job Production, Batch Production and Continvout oduction - Review Questions PAGE 11-120 2.10