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level: Factory operations

Questions and Answers List

Question	Answer
- Business functions - Product design - Manufacturing planning (sequence, method, resources. Projects are coordinated and resources bought by master schedule) - Manufacturing control (day to day operations and when plans don't work during operations)	Cycle of information-processing activities
- Processing - Assembly - Material Handling - Inspection and Testing - Coordination and Control	Factory Operations
Shaping operations - Solidification e.g. casting metals, moulding plastics - Particulate e.g. sintering metals and ceramics - Deformation e.g. forging, extrusion, rolling, mending - Material removal e.g. turning, drilling, milling, grinding Property enhancing operations e.g. heat treatment Surface processing operations e.g. cleaning, coating	Processing
Permanent joining processes e.g. welding, soldering, adhesive Mechanical fastening e.g. screws, bolts, rivets	Assembly
5% on machine and 95% moving and waiting During the 5% on machine: 30% cutting and 70% positioning, loading etc	Material handling
Inspection - check dimensions are within tolerance Test - check the function of the final product	Inspection and test
Product complexity - Number of parts (components) - e.g. mechanical pencil (10), bicycle (750), car (25,000) Part complexity - Number of processing steps - e.g. plastic cup (1), pump shaft (10), engine block (50) Companies limit the scope of their production - Production and technological capability - Physical size and weight of product	Coordination and control