The 5 production technologies use in manufacturing

1. 5 PRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGIES
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2. DEFINED IN
1984 AND STILL
HOLD TRUE
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From: Restoring our Competitive Edge - Robert Hayes & Steven Wheelwright - 1984
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PROJECT
Projects are rarely viewed as a
production technology although they
often have all the hallmarks of
production operations.
For example, maintenance activities on
airplanes or army vehicles must be
organised so that leadtimes are
minimised and resource utilisation is
optimised.
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JOB SHOP
Commercial printers or machine shops
often look disorganised because of the
sheer number of customised activities.
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BATCH FLOW LINE
Batch flow lines, including tools and
specialised fittings, are characterised by
many workstations with materials and tasks
changing with each product type.
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6. PACED
ASSEMBLY LINE
This production technology is probably
the best known. Car manufacturing,
think Toyota, and computer
manufacturing, think Dell, have been the
birth place and proving ground of
improvement methodologies such as
Lean and Six Sigma.
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7. PROCESS FLOW
LINE
Process flow lines are our speciality and
include food & beverage, liquids, sheet
goods, mining, solid & fluid packaging
operations.
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8. Project
Job Shop
Batch Flow Line
Paced Assembly Line
Process Flow Line
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