Description
Offering an introduction to the three major production management systems MRPII, JIT and OPT, this work describes developments in the nature of customer driven manufacturing, time based component issues of concurrent engineering, environmental issues, and product and component traceability. The study incorporates sections on forecasting and scheduling as well as an overview of the major production mangaement systems, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of each. It also discusses the design issues affecting production management systems with case studies highlighting issues in JIT and MRP.Table of Contents: PART I: INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING: THE CONTEXT FOR PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT. 1. Overview: The new manufacturing environment. 2. Development of automation in manufacturing. 3. Computer integrated manufacturing Beyond CIM towards the factory of the future. PART II THE REQUIREMENTS PLANNING APPROACH: MRP AND MRP II 4. Overview: Introduction to requirements planning (MRP and MRP II). 5. The use of the MRP system. Manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) 6. The production database. Lot sizing in MRP systems. 7. The status of MRP/MRP II as a paradigm for PMS. 8. The just in time approach Manufacturing systems design and planning for JIT. 9. The Kanban system. PART III OPTIMIZED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY: 10. Optimized production technology philosophy. 11. Optimized production technology system. PART IV PMS: A VIEW OF THE FUTURE 12. Overview: MRP, JIT and OPT compared. 13. PMS in the extended enterprise. 14. Questions. 15. References. Bibliography. Glossary of acronyms. Index.
