Here are the key elements of cost:
Direct Materials: Cost of raw materials that are directly used in manufacturing the product.
Direct Labour: Wages paid to workers who are directly involved in production.
Direct Expenses: Other expenses directly attributable to production such as consumables, utilities etc.
Factory Overhead: Indirect costs of running the factory like rent, depreciation, maintenance etc.
Selling & Distribution Overhead: Expenses related to selling, delivery and distribution of products.
Administrative Overhead: Expenses related to managerial activities like salaries of managers, office expenses etc.
Prime Cost = Direct Materials + Direct Labour
Works Cost = Prime Cost + Direct Ex
Operations management involves planning, scheduling, and controlling activities that transform inputs like raw materials, capital, and labor into higher-value outputs like products and services. Key decision areas include quality management, product/process design, location/layout strategies, human resources, supply chain management, inventory management, scheduling, and maintenance. Operations management aims to maximize efficiency and productivity through techniques like lean manufacturing, total quality management, and continuous improvement processes.
The document discusses various concepts and methods of calculating productivity. It defines productivity as the ratio of output to input. Common inputs include labor hours, materials, and capital. Productivity can be calculated partially for individual inputs or totally considering all inputs. Common models include partial productivity, total productivity, total factor productivity, multi-factor productivity, and the APC model which includes a price recovery factor. The document also lists various ways to improve productivity such as through technology, employees, materials, processes, products, and tasks.
There are three basic types of productivity measures:
1) Partial productivity measures the ratio of output to one input like labor.
2) Total-factor productivity measures the ratio of output to the sum of labor and capital inputs.
3) Total productivity measures the ratio of total output to all inputs.
While partial measures are easy to understand and obtain, they do not capture the full picture and can lead to misguided decisions. Total measures provide a more accurate representation but require more complex data collection. Productivity growth is key to combating inflation, as demonstrated by examples like Eli Lilly, who decreased prices as productivity increased. Slower productivity growth relative to money supply growth contributes to higher inflation.
Operations management plays an important role in society by contributing to higher standards of living, better quality goods and services, environmental concern, and improved working conditions. It raises standards of living by increasing productivity and efficiency, which lowers costs and provides more income. It improves quality through initiatives like Six Sigma. It addresses environmental concerns through recycling and pollution reduction. It enhances working conditions by empowering workers and improving job design.
The document provides an overview of operations management. It discusses what operations management is, its key functions like production and operations, and why studying it is important. It also summarizes some of the main areas operations management covers such as process design, quality management, forecasting, and product design.
Trends & Challenges of Operation Management by Asikur Rahman (Operation manag...Asikur Rahman
Operation management transforms inputs into goods and services that add value for customers. Several trends impact operation management, including increasing productivity through more efficient processes. Continuous improvement aims to constantly evaluate and improve products, services, and processes. To be competitive globally, operations must be strategically aligned to serve customers through low costs, high quality, fast delivery, flexibility, and rapid new product introduction. Technological changes can increase efficiency and output without increasing inputs, helping operations reduce costs, improve delivery, standardize quality, and customize to add value for customers. Managers must also consider environmental, ethical, and diversity issues in their decisions and address pollution, waste, social responsibility, and business ethics beyond profit.
The document discusses logistics management and supply chain management. It defines logistics management as planning and implementing effective movement and storage of goods and information from origin to destination to meet customer demands. The key objectives of logistics management are reducing costs, improving customer service, increasing sales, and establishing competitive advantages. The document also discusses international marketing, supply chain trends, third-party logistics, and fourth-party logistics.
The document outlines traditional and current trends in operations management, including a shift from local to global focus, batch production to just-in-time delivery, and mass production to mass customization. It also discusses the differences between goods and services, noting that goods are tangible, can be inventoried, and have more uniform inputs, while services are intangible, produced and consumed simultaneously, and have high customer interaction and inconsistent definitions. Finally, it describes how technology has impacted operations management through better customer relations, more efficient processes, lower costs, expanded supply chains, and new business models.
Operations management involves planning, scheduling, and controlling activities that transform inputs like raw materials, capital, and labor into higher-value outputs like products and services. Key decision areas include quality management, product/process design, location/layout strategies, human resources, supply chain management, inventory management, scheduling, and maintenance. Operations management aims to maximize efficiency and productivity through techniques like lean manufacturing, total quality management, and continuous improvement processes.
The document discusses various concepts and methods of calculating productivity. It defines productivity as the ratio of output to input. Common inputs include labor hours, materials, and capital. Productivity can be calculated partially for individual inputs or totally considering all inputs. Common models include partial productivity, total productivity, total factor productivity, multi-factor productivity, and the APC model which includes a price recovery factor. The document also lists various ways to improve productivity such as through technology, employees, materials, processes, products, and tasks.
There are three basic types of productivity measures:
1) Partial productivity measures the ratio of output to one input like labor.
2) Total-factor productivity measures the ratio of output to the sum of labor and capital inputs.
3) Total productivity measures the ratio of total output to all inputs.
While partial measures are easy to understand and obtain, they do not capture the full picture and can lead to misguided decisions. Total measures provide a more accurate representation but require more complex data collection. Productivity growth is key to combating inflation, as demonstrated by examples like Eli Lilly, who decreased prices as productivity increased. Slower productivity growth relative to money supply growth contributes to higher inflation.
Operations management plays an important role in society by contributing to higher standards of living, better quality goods and services, environmental concern, and improved working conditions. It raises standards of living by increasing productivity and efficiency, which lowers costs and provides more income. It improves quality through initiatives like Six Sigma. It addresses environmental concerns through recycling and pollution reduction. It enhances working conditions by empowering workers and improving job design.
The document provides an overview of operations management. It discusses what operations management is, its key functions like production and operations, and why studying it is important. It also summarizes some of the main areas operations management covers such as process design, quality management, forecasting, and product design.
Trends & Challenges of Operation Management by Asikur Rahman (Operation manag...Asikur Rahman
Operation management transforms inputs into goods and services that add value for customers. Several trends impact operation management, including increasing productivity through more efficient processes. Continuous improvement aims to constantly evaluate and improve products, services, and processes. To be competitive globally, operations must be strategically aligned to serve customers through low costs, high quality, fast delivery, flexibility, and rapid new product introduction. Technological changes can increase efficiency and output without increasing inputs, helping operations reduce costs, improve delivery, standardize quality, and customize to add value for customers. Managers must also consider environmental, ethical, and diversity issues in their decisions and address pollution, waste, social responsibility, and business ethics beyond profit.
The document discusses logistics management and supply chain management. It defines logistics management as planning and implementing effective movement and storage of goods and information from origin to destination to meet customer demands. The key objectives of logistics management are reducing costs, improving customer service, increasing sales, and establishing competitive advantages. The document also discusses international marketing, supply chain trends, third-party logistics, and fourth-party logistics.
The document outlines traditional and current trends in operations management, including a shift from local to global focus, batch production to just-in-time delivery, and mass production to mass customization. It also discusses the differences between goods and services, noting that goods are tangible, can be inventoried, and have more uniform inputs, while services are intangible, produced and consumed simultaneously, and have high customer interaction and inconsistent definitions. Finally, it describes how technology has impacted operations management through better customer relations, more efficient processes, lower costs, expanded supply chains, and new business models.
This document discusses production and operations management (POM). It defines POM as the management of direct resources, also called the 5 Ps - people, plant, parts, processes, and planning & control systems. POM lies at the heart of business activities and its ultimate objective is to produce a specified product on schedule at minimum cost. POM decisions are classified as strategic, operating, and control decisions. The document also discusses productivity measurement, factors affecting productivity, and the relationship between operations and marketing.
This document provides instructions for a multi-part accounting assignment involving budgeting and cost analysis for a pet supplies manufacturer. It involves:
1) Analyzing actual vs. flexible budgets and calculating variances to determine where the original budget went wrong and how to improve the budgeting process.
2) Considering whether to make or buy a product component and the ethical factors involved in this "make vs. buy" decision.
3) Recommending non-financial performance measures for the company and managers that take ethics into account.
The analysis must address budgeting improvements, the make vs. buy decision's impacts and ethics, and the ethics of proposed performance measures. Spreadsheets and a 1-2 page memo
This document provides an overview of key concepts in industrial economics including:
1. It discusses micro and macro economics, and defines industrial economics as dealing with economic problems of firms and industries.
2. Some key concepts covered include production functions, costs, revenues, and market structures like monopoly and price discrimination.
3. Laws of production like returns to scale and variable proportions are explained, as well as cost concepts like total, average, and marginal costs.
The document discusses key concepts in operations management (OM) such as managing production of goods and services, the difference between OM and production management, the need for OM, major functions of OM, and examples of OM in companies like PepsiCo, Toyota, and others. It explains that OM aims to conduct all organizational operations efficiently and effectively through functions like procurement, quality management, inventory control, and more. Toyota is highlighted for its use of just-in-time production and flexible operations techniques to minimize costs and adapt to changing demand through efficient OM.
The document provides an introduction to operations management. It defines operations management as the management of the conversion process that transforms inputs like labor, capital, land and management into outputs of goods and services. It discusses the key components of an operations system including inputs, conversion processes, outputs, feedback and random fluctuations. It also distinguishes between manufacturing and service operations and explores different aspects of operations management like planning, organizing and controlling conversion processes.
This document provides an overview of operations management and related topics. It discusses what operations managers do, including transforming inputs into outputs through various processes. The evolution of operations management is reviewed from craft production to modern concepts like lean production. Key events and innovators in operations management history are identified. The impact of e-business and globalization on operations is examined, including issues around competitiveness and productivity. Finally, primary topics in operations management are listed.
This document provides an introduction to operations management. It discusses what operations management is, the historical development of the field, and significant events. Operations management is concerned with transforming inputs into outputs through efficient processes. It covers the planning and controlling of production and inventory, as well as organizing resources. The key responsibility of operations management is to match supply with demand in order to minimize mismatches that can result in unused capacity or lost sales. Examples are given of mismatches in various industries and their consequences.
This document provides an overview of operations management. It discusses key concepts like the transformation process, integrated value chains, and the evolution of operations management over time. Globalization and e-business are changing how operations function by impacting areas like supply chains, logistics, and customer expectations. Maintaining competitiveness requires improving productivity through efficiency gains and breakthroughs.
Tutor2u - Production, Productivity and Coststutor2u
This chapter considers some core concepts relating to production and productivity (they are not the same!) which will be useful in understanding the theory of market supply. Productivity is a measure of efficiency and changes in productivity have an important effect on the unit costs of supply. In this section we also briefly cover fixed and variable costs and the sources of some long run economies of scale which benefit bigger businesses as they expand. Specialisation is an important AS concept – be ready to apply it to the production possibility frontier for example.
Operations management involves transforming inputs into outputs through processes to create value for customers. It deals with managing processes that produce goods and services for both internal and external customers. The processes must be designed according to customer needs and wants. Operations management provides advantages like assessing outcomes, contributing to organizational success, achieving competitive advantages, increasing productivity, reducing costs, and improving quality. However, it faces challenges from trends like global competition, technological changes, environmental issues, ethics, and diversity.
Operations management involves planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling resources to efficiently produce goods and services. It is responsible for managing processes to support a company's strategic goals through analysis and measurement. Operations management applies to all companies regardless of size, industry, or profit status, as it oversees the core function of production. It uses resources like people, equipment, technology, and information to design, execute, and control operations that implement business strategies.
Target costing is a technique used to design products and processes to achieve a target cost that allows the product to be sold at a predetermined price and achieve the desired profit margin. It focuses on reducing costs during the design stage when changes are easier to make. Implementing target costing involves determining specifications, price, profit, and calculating the target cost. The gap between estimated and target costs is then closed through redesigning the product or process. Value analysis examines which features customers value and which costs can be reduced without affecting customer perceived quality.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in business economics. It discusses what business economics is, different types of businesses and economic systems, and the role of government in regulating competition and contributing to economic stability. It also outlines major economic indicators that are monitored, and how monetary and fiscal policy can be used to influence the business cycle. Emerging topics like the internet's impact on supply chains and the challenges of globalization are also addressed.
This document discusses cost-output relationships in the short run and long run, as well as the law of diminishing marginal utility. It defines short run and long run, and explains how in the short run fixed costs remain constant while variable costs and total costs change with output. Average and marginal costs are also discussed. In the long run, all factors are variable and costs are analyzed using total, average and marginal cost curves. The law of diminishing marginal utility states that as consumption of a good increases, the marginal utility from additional units decreases.
This document provides an introduction to production and operations management. It discusses how POM involves managing an organization's production system to take inputs and convert them into outputs. Today, POM is affected by factors like global competition and advances in technology. POM can be studied as a production system, an organizational function, and through decision making. As a system, production has inputs, conversion processes, and outputs. As a function, the operations department is critical to a company's success. Decision making in POM includes strategic, operating, and control decisions made at different management levels.
Controlling involves measuring performance, comparing results to plans, and taking corrective actions. It is an essential and ongoing process that aims to guide actual performance towards expected performance. An ideal control system is suitable, flexible, economical, simple, objective, prompt, forward-looking, suggestive, and motivational. It provides real-time information and preventive control. Traditional control techniques include budgetary control, non-budgetary controls, management by objectives, and productivity management. Control is important for cost control, process control, purchase control, quality control, maintenance control, and planning operations.
This document discusses operations management and the impact of e-business. It defines operations management as designing, operating, and improving productive systems. E-business is changing operations management by allowing direct customer contact, worldwide access to customers and suppliers, and more efficient information sharing and decision making. Key impacts include increased demand, changes to logistics and order fulfillment, more global and complex supply chains, and a focus on expanded supply chain management.
The document discusses various factors to consider during the product design stage including marketing, product characteristics, economic analysis, profitability, and production aspects. It emphasizes the importance of analyzing costs, expected sales, prices, and competition to determine the economic feasibility of a new product. The production aspects that must be considered are selection of processes, materials, components, workmanship, and tolerances.
The document discusses several factors to consider in product design, including marketing, economics, production, and profitability. It outlines aspects of marketing like satisfying customer needs and demand creation. Economic analysis considers capital costs, production costs, expected profits, competitiveness, and sales projections. Production factors include selecting processes, materials, components, workmanship standards, and tolerances. The overall goal is to design profitable products that can be efficiently manufactured and are competitive in the market.
Strategy as we've identified refers to the long-term goal or roadmap for an organization, and how it plans to reach them. Or, the path the organization will take towards its goals. Conversely, tactics refer to the specific set of actions taken to reach the organizational goals, or strategy.
Production and operations management deals with managing the processes that transform inputs into finished goods and services. It aims to maximize efficiency and quality while minimizing costs. Key functions include production planning and control, scheduling, and quality control. Recent trends in manufacturing include increased automation through robotics, predictive maintenance using sensor data, digital twins for simulation, and smart, sustainable product design. The differences between production management and operations management relate mainly to their outputs - production focuses on goods, operations includes services. Both are important for meeting organizational objectives.
This document discusses production and operations management (POM). It defines POM as the management of direct resources, also called the 5 Ps - people, plant, parts, processes, and planning & control systems. POM lies at the heart of business activities and its ultimate objective is to produce a specified product on schedule at minimum cost. POM decisions are classified as strategic, operating, and control decisions. The document also discusses productivity measurement, factors affecting productivity, and the relationship between operations and marketing.
This document provides instructions for a multi-part accounting assignment involving budgeting and cost analysis for a pet supplies manufacturer. It involves:
1) Analyzing actual vs. flexible budgets and calculating variances to determine where the original budget went wrong and how to improve the budgeting process.
2) Considering whether to make or buy a product component and the ethical factors involved in this "make vs. buy" decision.
3) Recommending non-financial performance measures for the company and managers that take ethics into account.
The analysis must address budgeting improvements, the make vs. buy decision's impacts and ethics, and the ethics of proposed performance measures. Spreadsheets and a 1-2 page memo
This document provides an overview of key concepts in industrial economics including:
1. It discusses micro and macro economics, and defines industrial economics as dealing with economic problems of firms and industries.
2. Some key concepts covered include production functions, costs, revenues, and market structures like monopoly and price discrimination.
3. Laws of production like returns to scale and variable proportions are explained, as well as cost concepts like total, average, and marginal costs.
The document discusses key concepts in operations management (OM) such as managing production of goods and services, the difference between OM and production management, the need for OM, major functions of OM, and examples of OM in companies like PepsiCo, Toyota, and others. It explains that OM aims to conduct all organizational operations efficiently and effectively through functions like procurement, quality management, inventory control, and more. Toyota is highlighted for its use of just-in-time production and flexible operations techniques to minimize costs and adapt to changing demand through efficient OM.
The document provides an introduction to operations management. It defines operations management as the management of the conversion process that transforms inputs like labor, capital, land and management into outputs of goods and services. It discusses the key components of an operations system including inputs, conversion processes, outputs, feedback and random fluctuations. It also distinguishes between manufacturing and service operations and explores different aspects of operations management like planning, organizing and controlling conversion processes.
This document provides an overview of operations management and related topics. It discusses what operations managers do, including transforming inputs into outputs through various processes. The evolution of operations management is reviewed from craft production to modern concepts like lean production. Key events and innovators in operations management history are identified. The impact of e-business and globalization on operations is examined, including issues around competitiveness and productivity. Finally, primary topics in operations management are listed.
This document provides an introduction to operations management. It discusses what operations management is, the historical development of the field, and significant events. Operations management is concerned with transforming inputs into outputs through efficient processes. It covers the planning and controlling of production and inventory, as well as organizing resources. The key responsibility of operations management is to match supply with demand in order to minimize mismatches that can result in unused capacity or lost sales. Examples are given of mismatches in various industries and their consequences.
This document provides an overview of operations management. It discusses key concepts like the transformation process, integrated value chains, and the evolution of operations management over time. Globalization and e-business are changing how operations function by impacting areas like supply chains, logistics, and customer expectations. Maintaining competitiveness requires improving productivity through efficiency gains and breakthroughs.
Tutor2u - Production, Productivity and Coststutor2u
This chapter considers some core concepts relating to production and productivity (they are not the same!) which will be useful in understanding the theory of market supply. Productivity is a measure of efficiency and changes in productivity have an important effect on the unit costs of supply. In this section we also briefly cover fixed and variable costs and the sources of some long run economies of scale which benefit bigger businesses as they expand. Specialisation is an important AS concept – be ready to apply it to the production possibility frontier for example.
Operations management involves transforming inputs into outputs through processes to create value for customers. It deals with managing processes that produce goods and services for both internal and external customers. The processes must be designed according to customer needs and wants. Operations management provides advantages like assessing outcomes, contributing to organizational success, achieving competitive advantages, increasing productivity, reducing costs, and improving quality. However, it faces challenges from trends like global competition, technological changes, environmental issues, ethics, and diversity.
Operations management involves planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling resources to efficiently produce goods and services. It is responsible for managing processes to support a company's strategic goals through analysis and measurement. Operations management applies to all companies regardless of size, industry, or profit status, as it oversees the core function of production. It uses resources like people, equipment, technology, and information to design, execute, and control operations that implement business strategies.
Target costing is a technique used to design products and processes to achieve a target cost that allows the product to be sold at a predetermined price and achieve the desired profit margin. It focuses on reducing costs during the design stage when changes are easier to make. Implementing target costing involves determining specifications, price, profit, and calculating the target cost. The gap between estimated and target costs is then closed through redesigning the product or process. Value analysis examines which features customers value and which costs can be reduced without affecting customer perceived quality.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in business economics. It discusses what business economics is, different types of businesses and economic systems, and the role of government in regulating competition and contributing to economic stability. It also outlines major economic indicators that are monitored, and how monetary and fiscal policy can be used to influence the business cycle. Emerging topics like the internet's impact on supply chains and the challenges of globalization are also addressed.
This document discusses cost-output relationships in the short run and long run, as well as the law of diminishing marginal utility. It defines short run and long run, and explains how in the short run fixed costs remain constant while variable costs and total costs change with output. Average and marginal costs are also discussed. In the long run, all factors are variable and costs are analyzed using total, average and marginal cost curves. The law of diminishing marginal utility states that as consumption of a good increases, the marginal utility from additional units decreases.
This document provides an introduction to production and operations management. It discusses how POM involves managing an organization's production system to take inputs and convert them into outputs. Today, POM is affected by factors like global competition and advances in technology. POM can be studied as a production system, an organizational function, and through decision making. As a system, production has inputs, conversion processes, and outputs. As a function, the operations department is critical to a company's success. Decision making in POM includes strategic, operating, and control decisions made at different management levels.
Controlling involves measuring performance, comparing results to plans, and taking corrective actions. It is an essential and ongoing process that aims to guide actual performance towards expected performance. An ideal control system is suitable, flexible, economical, simple, objective, prompt, forward-looking, suggestive, and motivational. It provides real-time information and preventive control. Traditional control techniques include budgetary control, non-budgetary controls, management by objectives, and productivity management. Control is important for cost control, process control, purchase control, quality control, maintenance control, and planning operations.
This document discusses operations management and the impact of e-business. It defines operations management as designing, operating, and improving productive systems. E-business is changing operations management by allowing direct customer contact, worldwide access to customers and suppliers, and more efficient information sharing and decision making. Key impacts include increased demand, changes to logistics and order fulfillment, more global and complex supply chains, and a focus on expanded supply chain management.
The document discusses various factors to consider during the product design stage including marketing, product characteristics, economic analysis, profitability, and production aspects. It emphasizes the importance of analyzing costs, expected sales, prices, and competition to determine the economic feasibility of a new product. The production aspects that must be considered are selection of processes, materials, components, workmanship, and tolerances.
The document discusses several factors to consider in product design, including marketing, economics, production, and profitability. It outlines aspects of marketing like satisfying customer needs and demand creation. Economic analysis considers capital costs, production costs, expected profits, competitiveness, and sales projections. Production factors include selecting processes, materials, components, workmanship standards, and tolerances. The overall goal is to design profitable products that can be efficiently manufactured and are competitive in the market.
Strategy as we've identified refers to the long-term goal or roadmap for an organization, and how it plans to reach them. Or, the path the organization will take towards its goals. Conversely, tactics refer to the specific set of actions taken to reach the organizational goals, or strategy.
Production and operations management deals with managing the processes that transform inputs into finished goods and services. It aims to maximize efficiency and quality while minimizing costs. Key functions include production planning and control, scheduling, and quality control. Recent trends in manufacturing include increased automation through robotics, predictive maintenance using sensor data, digital twins for simulation, and smart, sustainable product design. The differences between production management and operations management relate mainly to their outputs - production focuses on goods, operations includes services. Both are important for meeting organizational objectives.
This document discusses product development management by Group No. 2. It includes an overview of the role of product development in competitiveness, the product development process, organization for product development, tools for efficient product development, and performance measures. It then discusses the product development process, organization for product development, tools for effective product development including understanding customer needs and market research. Finally, it outlines various management accounting tools that can be used for product development such as cost-volume-profit analysis, activity-based costing, budgeting, return on investment analysis, and sensitivity analysis.
This document provides an overview of production and operations management topics for students pursuing a BBA degree from MGS University in Bikaner, India. It covers key POM concepts like different types of production systems, forecasting, capacity planning, plant layout, inventory management, quality management, and maintenance. The document also discusses the functions and scope of POM, relationships with other business functions, and differences between manufacturing and service operations. It is intended to help students with the theoretical concepts for their POM coursework.
This document is a summer training report submitted by Ruhi to Panjab University, Chandigarh for their M.Com degree. The report details Ruhi's summer internship studying production and operational management at Mailbox Fashion Pvt. Ltd. under the supervision of Prof. Harblas Heera. The report includes an introduction to production management, company profile of Mailbox Fashion, findings from studying their production and operations, and a conclusion with suggestions.
The document provides an overview of operations management. Some key points:
1. Operations management refers to managing the resources dedicated to producing and delivering products and services. The operations function is responsible for transforming inputs like materials, machines, labor and capital into outputs like goods, products and services.
2. Operations managers oversee the operations function and are responsible for production, quality control, scheduling and inventory management.
3. The operations function interacts with other areas like marketing, finance and human resources. It provides production data to finance and requests resources from various functions.
4. Key activities in operations management include organizing work, selecting processes, quality control and production planning and scheduling. Operations managers deal with people, technology
The document discusses product and service selection for businesses. It describes the multi-stage process of selecting new products, which involves idea generation, screening ideas based on factors like market potential and technical feasibility, analyzing business factors, developing prototypes, testing the market, and commercialization. Key factors to consider in product selection include supply and demand, financing availability, raw materials, technical requirements, profitability, skilled personnel, and government policies. The goal is to objectively evaluate options and choose products that satisfy market needs.
Cost and management accounting provides managers with detailed cost information to control operations and plan for the future. Cost accounting information is used for financial accounting and by managers for decision making. Management accounting provides economic and financial information for internal users. Cost concepts like cost objects, cost pools, and cost drivers are introduced. Costs are classified by elements, functions, traceability, behavior, and controllability. Product costs include direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead and become inventory until goods are sold. Period costs are expenses of the current period. Job order costing and process costing are introduced as costing systems. Just-in-time processing, activity-based costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, contribution margin,
Operational Effectiveness: Uncovering the Hidden Dollars in Your Food FacilitySafetyChain Software
In food manufacturing and distribution, profitability is all about the details, including plant downtime and maintenance, overtime, purchasing practices, raw materials management, customer service practices, and measuring performance against goals. How do CFOs, controllers, and plant managers determine if they are bleeding cash through inefficiencies and lost opportunities?
In this training webinar, Daniel Campos (Managing Partner, London Consulting Group), presents best practices for implementing operational performance improvement projects to help companies find and quantify areas where they can enhance revenue, reduce costs, and increase profits. As a result of assessments and the implementation of improvements, organizations typically achieve a variety of competitive advantages, including more accurate forecasting, improved communication between sales, production, and procurement, and a greater focus on profitable clients, products, and production lines.
Takeaways from this presentation include:
The importance of operational performance improvement assessments and the methodology behind them
How to build a roadmap for the process
How OEE and software solutions help increase the visibility of manufacturing efficiency in your food facility
How the operational changes you make as a result of performance improvement assessments can yield better accountability from organizational leaders
Life Cycle Costing Critical Evaluation ReportAnkur Aggarwal
Life Cycle Costing (LCC) is an important economic analysis used in the selection of alternatives that impact both pending and future costs. It compares initial investment options and identifies the least cost alternatives for a twenty year period.
Intorduction To Production MGT UNIT-1.pptxSumayoAdan
This document provides an introduction to production management. It outlines the structure of the unit, including definitions of production management and the scope of production management. It describes different types of production systems, including flow production, batch production, and unit production. It discusses the benefits of production management and the responsibilities of a production manager. Finally, it identifies three categories of decisions in production management: strategic decisions, operating decisions, and control decisions.
Intorduction To Production MGT UNIT-1.pptxSumayoAdan
This document provides an introduction to production management. It discusses key topics like the definition of production management, the scope of production management, different types of production systems, the benefits of production management, and the responsibilities and decisions of a production manager. The document is authored by Dr. Ullas Chandra Das and Dr. Ajit Kumar Mishra and contains 10 sections that cover concepts of production management at a high level.
1. The document discusses various factors, methods, and considerations for accurate demand forecasting.
2. It describes different forecasting time horizons from short-term to long-term and various determinants that influence demand.
3. Several quantitative and qualitative forecasting techniques are outlined, including time series analysis, surveys, expert opinions, and use of economic indicators.
1. The document discusses various factors, methods, and considerations for accurate demand forecasting.
2. It describes different forecasting time horizons from short-term to long-term and various determinants that influence demand.
3. Several quantitative and qualitative forecasting techniques are outlined, including time series analysis, surveys, expert opinions, and using economic indicators.
1. The document discusses various factors, methods, and considerations for accurate demand forecasting.
2. It describes different forecasting time horizons from short-term to long-term and various determinants that influence demand.
3. Several quantitative and qualitative forecasting techniques are outlined, including time series analysis, surveys, expert opinions, and use of economic indicators.
1. The document discusses product design and process design. It explains how the two are related and must work together to efficiently produce products that meet customer needs.
2. Key factors that influence process design are discussed, including product design, demand patterns, production quantity, customer involvement, and environmental concerns. Tools for process improvement like continuous process improvement (CPI) and problem solving methods are also covered.
3. The summary emphasizes how product and process design evolve together to deliver high quality, low cost products to customers through flexible, optimized processes. Continuous improvement is important to staying competitive.
The document discusses global operations and outsourcing strategies used by multinational companies. It identifies four types of outsourcing based on location and firm control: captive onshore, non-captive onshore, captive offshore, and non-captive offshore. Captive offshore outsourcing, referred to as offshoring, moves supplies sourcing to affiliated foreign firms. Offshoring allows companies to lower costs by performing activities in low-cost locations and improving quality control. Total quality management and six sigma programs are approaches used to boost quality and reduce costs throughout global supply chains.
A Study on production merchandising of apparel industries in BangladeshNasif Chowdhury
This document discusses production merchandising in the apparel industries of Bangladesh. It defines merchandising as planning and executing export orders with the right product, at the right time, place, quantity, price and quality. The key responsibilities of a merchandiser are then outlined, including product development, sampling, costing, planning, communication, coordination, sourcing, and more. It also provides a process flow chart showing the typical steps involved in apparel merchandising from receiving an order to shipment. In conclusion, the report emphasizes the importance of merchandising and a "Time and Action" calendar for managing projects and meeting delivery windows.
This document discusses tools and techniques for analyzing global supply chains, including benchmarking. Benchmarking involves measuring performance against other organizations to identify best practices and opportunities for improvement. It describes the main types of benchmarking and the benchmarking process. The document also discusses determining metrics to measure supply chain performance and categories of measurement, such as quantity, quality, cost, and time. Finally, it covers regulatory influences on global supply chains like taxation and efforts to prevent modern slavery.
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2. Production management, also called
operations management, planning and control of industrial
processes to ensure that they move smoothly at the required
level.
Techniques of production management are employed in
service as well as in manufacturing industries.
What is Production management
3. Key Differences Between Manufacturing and Production
The following are the major differences between manufacturing
and production:
When the raw material is used as input to produce goods with the
use of machinery is known as a Manufacturing. The process of
transforming resources into finished products is known as
Production.
Manufacturing consists of the generation of all those goods that
are suitable for use or it can be sold out. Conversely, production
involves the creation of the utility.
In manufacturing, the use of machinery is a must whereas
production can be done with or without the use of machinery.
All types of manufacturing activities are used in production, but
production may not necessarily be known as manufacturing.
In manufacturing, the output generated will be tangible in nature,
i.e. goods only, but in the case of production it produces both
tangible and intangible outputs, i.e. goods as well as services.
Men-machine setup should be there for manufacturing of goods,
which is not in the case of production, the only man is sufficient
for producing output.
4. Basis for
comparison
Production Productivity
Meaning Meaning Production is a
function of an
organization which is
associated with the
conversion of range of
inputs into desired output
Productivity is a
measure of how
efficiently resources are
combined and utilized in
the firm, for achieving
the desired outcome.
What it is Process Measure
Represent No. Of Unit Actually
produce
Ratio of Output to Input
Expression Absolute term Relative term
Determination Value of Output Efficiency of value of
Production
COMPARISON of PRODUCTION and PRODUCTIVITY
5. Types of Production
Job-Shop Production: A production process, in which few
products are created according to the demand of the
customer, in the stipulated time and cost. In job-shop
production, product volume is low, and variety is high.
Batch Production: Batch production is one wherein
product passes through various stages over a series of
functional departments, and a number of batches are
produced.
Mass Production: It is a manufacturing technique in which
discrete parts are produced with the help of continuous
process.
Continuous Production: The process of production in
which the production facilities are sequenced as per the
production operations chronologically.
10. Batch production processes as shown
Batch production is a technique used in
manufacturing, in which the object is created stage
by stage over a series of workstations, and
different batches of products are made.
11. Advantages of Batch production
The advantages of batch production
its cheaper to produce a whole batch instead of single,
machines can be used more effectively.
It's lower cost,
Fewer workers because going to use machines.
Batch Production are applied for:
Baked goods.
Clothing.
Computer chips.
Computer software.
Die- or mold-making.
Electrical goods.
Flat-pack furniture.
Jet engine production
12. Assembly line production
An assembly line is a manufacturing in which parts
(usually interchangeable parts) are added as the semi-
finished assembly moves from workstation.
Moving the parts to the assembly work and moving the
semi-finished assembly from work station to work station.
A finished product can be assembled faster and with less
labor than by having workers carry parts to a stationary
piece for assembly.
Assembly lines are common methods of assembling
complex items such as
automobiles and other transportation equipment,
household appliances and electronic goods
14. Continuous production Process
Continuous production is a flow production method used to
manufacture, produce, or process materials without interruption.
Advantages of flow production.
Flow production is capital intensive. This means it uses a
high proportion of machinery in relation to workers, as is
the case on an assembly line.
The advantage of this is that a high number of products
can roll off assembly lines at very low cost.
Examples are
petrochemical,
cement,
steel,
sugar and
fertilizer industries
17. Product Life Cycle
Product Life Cycle. A new product progresses through a
sequence of stages from
Introduction
to growth,
To maturity,
Decline.
This sequence is known as the product life cycle and is
associated with changes in the marketing situation, thus
impacting the marketing strategy .
A Product life cycle is divided into four stages –
Introduction (a seed is planted),
Growth (root takes place and leaves come out),
Maturity (adulthood takes place),
And Decline (plant begins to shrink and finally die).
“Life of a product is less than a year in today's times.
18. What do you mean by Selling of
goods/Services
Selling of goods/Services is an exchange of goods or
services for money. Selling is making an agreement
with the customer.
The 7 Steps of the Sales Process
1. Product Knowledge. This step is fairly straight
forward,
2. Prospecting. just as the word implies, is about
searching for new customers.
3. The Approach.
4. The Needs Assessment.
5. The Presentation.
6. The Close.
7. Follow-up.
19. What do you do in sales?
Sales representatives sell retail products, goods and
services to customers
Sales representatives work with customers to find what
they want, create solutions and ensure a fair sales process
Sales representatives will work to find new sales leads,
through business directories, client referrals, etc
How to Promote sales
Advertising and promoting sales agent
Demonstrator and product promotion
Insurance sales agent
Real estate broker and sales agent
Retail sales worker
Sales engineer
Securities, commodities and financial services sales agent
20. Sales forecasting
Sales forecasting is the process of estimating future sales
Accurate sales forecasts help companies to make
business decisions
They calculate short-term and long-term goal of company
performance
Companies can base their forecasts on past sales data
Industry can do wide comparisons, and economic trends
Methods of Sales forecasting
Every manufacturer makes an estimation of the sales for
future
It gives focus to the activities of a business enterprise
The absence of sales forecast, a business has to work at
random.
23. What is Economic Indicator?
An economic indicator is a piece of economic data,
Usually of macroeconomic scale, that is used by
analysts to interpret current or future investment
possibilities
It is used to judge the overall health of an economy.
Factors on which Economic Indicator depends?
GDP ( Gross domestic product )
PMI (Purchasing Manager Index)
CPI ( Consumer Pricing index)
GDP represents the monetary value of all goods and services produced within a
nation's geographic borders over a specified period of time
24. Purchasing Managers
Index The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is
an indicator of economic health for manufacturing and
service sectors
The purpose of the PMI is to provide information about
current business conditions to company decision makers,
analysts and purchasing managers.
Consumer price index
A measure of changes in the purchasing-power of a
currency and the rate of inflation.
The consumer price index expresses the current prices
of a basket of goods and services in terms of the prices
during the same period in a previous year,
To show effect of inflation on purchasing power.
25. These Will Be The Top 15 Richest
Countries In 2050
2 China - $25.33 trillion. The richest
country in the world in 2050 is
predicted to be China
3 United States - $22.27 trillion
4 India - $8.17 trillion
5 Japan - $6.43 trillion
6 Germany - $3.71 trillion
7 United Kingdom - $3.58 trillion
8 Brazil - $2.96 trillion
9 Mexico - $2.81 trillion
Below are the top 10
most developed
states in India 2018.
Tamil Nadu.
Kerala.
Maharashtra.
Karnataka.
Andhra Pradesh.
Rajasthan.
Uttar Pradesh.
Haryana.
26. Which is the poor state in India
Chhattisgarh,
Manipur,
Odisha
, Madhya Pradesh,
Jharkhand,
Bihar
And Assam
figure among the poorest states where over 40 per cent of people are below poverty
line, according to the C Rangarajan panel
What do you mean by GDP
A. The GDP or gross domestic product of a country provides a
measure of the monetary value of the goods and services that
country produces in a specific year.
B. This is an important statistic that indicates whether an economy
is growing or contracting.
27.
28. Delphi Method
It the one of the longtime fore casting Method
In this method forecast is Qualitative
1. Project coordinator, Project Manager (The man who is
neutral)
2. Selects the experts
3. Define the Problem
4. 1st round if Questions
5. 2nd round questions
6. 3rd round questions
7. Repeat until consensus(decision is not made)
Market Research (Used for short/long range forecast)
Sales force forecast(Used for short range forecast
Judgmental Technique(Opinion from customer,
Retailer, Wholesalers)
29. Forecast Topic: Moving Average Methods
One of the easiest, most common type of forecasting techniques is
that of the moving average
Moving average methods come in handy if several consecutive
periods of data is available
In this forecasting method next period’s sales are only predicted
Often based on the past few months of sales the prediction is dine
for coming month’s sales
However, moving average methods can have serious forecasting
errors if applied carelessly.
30.
31. Problem-1 Demand for an item is observed for 15 months and data are given below
Calculate i) 3 months and ii) 4 months moving average. and what is the forecast for the month
of 16. for each case.
32.
33.
34. Limitations of Moving Average Methods
Moving averages are considered a “smoothing” forecast
technique
Because you’re taking an average over time
You are softening (or smoothing out) the effects of
irregular occurrences within the data
As a result, the effects of seasonality, business cycles,
and other random events can dramatically increase
forecast error
Take a look at a full year’s worth of data, and compare a
3-period moving average and a 5-period moving average:
35. Month Actual 3-Mo. Forecast Deviation
Absolute
Deviation
January 135 127 (8) 8
February 134 135 1 1
March 125 128 3 3
Rectification on moving average Method
36. Moving Averages: Recap
When using moving averages for forecasting, remember:
Moving averages can be simple or weighted
The number of periods you use for your average, and any
weights you assign to each are strictly arbitrary
Moving averages smooth out irregular patterns in time
series data; the larger the number of periods used for each
data point, the greater the smoothing effect
Because of smoothing, forecasting next month’s sales
based on the most recent few month’s sales can result in
large deviations because of seasonality, cyclical, and
irregular patterns in the data
The smoothing capabilities of a moving average method
can be useful in decomposing a time series for more
advanced forecasting met
38. A list of 7 important factors to be aware of when
designing a product.
AESTHETICS.
ERGONOMICS.
MATERIALS.
MANUFACTURE.
MODULARITY. ...
SUSTAINABILITY.
PROTECTION.
PACKAGING & ASSEMBLY.
39. The following chart shows the various elements of cost and
how they are classified.
Direct or Indirect Materials. The materials directly contributed to a
product and those easily identifiable in the finished product are called
direct materials.
Direct Labor.
Overhead
The four main components of costs are:
(a) Prime Cost,
(b) Works Cost,
(c) Office Cost and
(d) Total Cost. It consists of costs of direct material, direct labour
and direct expense specifically attributable to the job. This is also
known as flat, direct or basic cost.
41. The total cost of a product includes the following five
elements:
Direct Material: Direct materials refers to the cost of the
materials which becomes a major part of the finished
product.
Direct Labour:
Direct Expenses:
Factory Overhead:
Selling and Distribution and Administrative Overheads:
46. Break-even point
In simple words, the break-even point can be defined as a
point where total costs (expenses) and total sales (revenue)
are equal.
47. The break-even point (BEP) in economics, business—
and specifically cost accounting—is the point at
which total cost and total revenue are equal,
48. Incremental cost
An incremental cost is the increase in total
cost resulting from an increase in production or
other activity
For instance, if a company's total costs increase
from $320,000 to $360,000 as the result of increasing
its machine hours from 8,000 to 10,000
The incremental cost of the 2,000 machine hours is
$40,000.
49. Q. What is MAKE-OR-BUY DECISIONS? The make-or-
buy decision is the act of making a strategic choice between
producing an item internally (in-house)
Or buying it externally (from an outside supplier).
The buy side of the decision also is referred to as
outsourcing.
What are the factors that influence buying decisions and
what is their impact
When it comes to the psychological factors there are 4
important things affecting the consumer buying behavior
Perception(awarness),
Motivation,
Learning,
Beliefs and attitudes. Social factors include
reference groups, family, and social status. These factors too
affect the buying behaviour of the consumer.
50. Q.(2015) What are the elements of Cost?
Q. Give a comparison in tabular
form among the different
types of production system on
the following points
• Layout consideration
• Machine selection
• Flexibility
• Man power requirements
Production planning and
control
• Material handling Fields of
application
Q. With a graphical representation
explain the various stages of product
life cycle
• What is Break-Even Analysis? For a
particular product the following
information is given
• Selling price per unit Rs: 10
• Variable cost per unit Rs: 6
• Fixed Cost : Rs 1,00,000
• Deu to inflation variable cost
increased by 10% while fixed cost
increase by 5% If the BE quantity is
remain constant by what percentage
should the sale price to be raised
55. Q. Write the concept of product design and development
Thought this definition tends to over simplify, product design is actually
a broad concept which encompasses
A systematic generation and development of ideas that eventually
leads
To the creation of new products.
Design experts work on concepts and ideas
Eventually turning them into tangible products and inventions.
Five phases of new product or service development
Idea generation. You don't have to solely rely on your own creativity
for ideas for new products or services
Research and development. R&D has two components
Testing. Once you've developed a prototype of the product or service,
it's time to test it with customers
Analysis
Rollout
56. Q.(2015)What are the elements of Cost?
Q. Give a comparison in tabular
form among the different
types of production system on
the following points
• Layout consideration
• Machine selection
• Flexibility
• Man power requirements
Production planning and
control
• Material handling Fields of
application
Q. With a graphical representation
explain the various stages of product
life cycle
• What is Break-Even Analysis? For a
particular product the following
information is given
• Selling price per unit Rs: 10
• Variable cost per unit Rs: 6
• Fixed Cost : Rs 1,00,000
• Deu to inflation variable cost
increased by 10% while fixed cost
increase by 5% If the BE quantity is
remain constant by what percentage
should the sale price to be raised