Production management deals with manufacturing products like cars and computers, while operation management covers both products and services. Production management requires more capital equipment to produce goods, while operation management requires more labor and less equipment for services. There is no customer participation during production, but operation management needs constant customer contact for services. The scopes of production and operation management include facility location, plant layout, material handling, process design, production planning and control, quality control, and material management.

1. presentation
on
Production management
v/s operation
management
by Binam Ghimire

2. A high level comparison with distinct
production and operation
management can be done on the
following characteristics :-

3. 1. Output
production management deals with
manufacturing of product s like
( car, computer etc ) where as
operation management covers
both product and service.

4. Works of production management

5. Works of operation management

6. 2. Use of output
Products like computers, cars are
utilized over a period of time
where as service needed to
consume immediately.

7. Use of cars for long period
•
1980
•
2015

8. 3. Classification of work
To produce product more of
capital equipments are required
where as service require more
labor and lesser capital
equipment.

9. Uses of capital equipment in
production management

10. Uses of labor in operation
management

11. 4. Customer contact
There is no participation of customer
during production where as for
service a constant customer contact
is needed.

12. No participation of customer during
production management

13. Participation of customer during
operation management

14. Scopes of
production and
operation
management

15. 
Production and operation management
concern with a conversion of inputs and
outputs using physical resources so as to
provide the desired utilities to the
customer while meeting the other
organizational objective of effectiveness,
efficiency.

Following are the scope of POM:-

16. 1. Location of facilities

The selection of location is the key decision as
large investment is made on building, plant
and machinery.

It deals with the question such as where our
main operation should be.

It is also one of the factor which affect the
business.

17. 5 star hotel in village area
wrong location of
facilities

18. 5 Star hotel in tourist area
Right location of facilities

19. 2. Plant layout and material
handling

plant layout refers to the physical
arrangement of facilities. It is concerned with
the orderly and properly arrangement and use
of available resources i.e. men, material,
money, machines, and methods of production
inside the factory.

Material handling refers to the moving of
materials from the store room to the machine
and from one machine to next.

20. Examples of plant layout

21. Examples of material handling
Moving of material from storeroom to machine
# Moving of material from
one machine to another

22. 4. Process design

process design is the macroscopic decision
making of an over all process route for
converting raw material into finished goods.

These decision encompass the selection of a
process, choice of technology, process flow
analysis and layout of facilities.

24. 5. production, planning and
control

The principle of production, planning and
control lies on the statement that “First plan
your work and work on your plan”

The main function of production, planning
and control includes planning routine,
scheduling, dispatching and follow up.

25. Planning
Working
on plan

26. 6. Quality control

Quality control can also be defined as that
industrial management technique by means
of which product of uniform acceptable
quality is manufactured.

It aims in prevention of defects at the source,
realizes on effective feedback system and
corrective action procedure.

27. Defected quality
quality product
Corrective action
procedure

28. 7. Material management

Material management is that aspect of
management function which is primary
concerned to business.

Main objective of material management are
to minimize material cost, to purchase,
receive, transport and store material
efficiently.