Production and Operations Management Systems

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Production and Operations
Management Systems

Production and Operations
Management Systems
Sushil Gupta and Martin Starr
CRC Press
Taylor & Francis Group
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Contents
Preface ..........................................................................................................xix
Epilogue ....................................................................................................xxvii
Acknowledgments ......................................................................................xxix
Authors .......................................................................................................xxxi
1 Introduction to Production and Operations Management ....................1
1.1 The Systems Viewpoint ......................................................................3
1.2 Strategic Thinking .............................................................................4
1.3 Explaining P/OM ..............................................................................4
1.4 Use of Models by P/OM ....................................................................5
1.5 The Systems Approach .......................................................................5
1.5.1 Using the Systematic–Constructive Approach ......................7
1.5.2 Why Is the Systems Approach Required? ..............................8
1.5.3 Defining the System .............................................................8
1.5.4 Structure of the Systems Approach .....................................10
1.5.5 Examples of the Systems Approach .....................................10
1.5.6 Designing the Product Line Using the
Systems Approach ..........................................................11
1.6 Information Systems for Manufacturing and Services .....................12
1.7 Defining Operations ........................................................................13
1.7.1 Manufacturing Operations .................................................13
1.7.2 Service Operations ..............................................................14
1.7.3 Similarities and Differences between Services
and Manufacturing.............................................................16
1.8 Working Definitions of Production and Operations ........................18
1.9 Contrasting Production Management and Operations
Management....................................................................................19
1.10 P/OM—The Hub of the Business Model .........................................20
1.11 Transformation Process ...................................................................20
1.12 Costs and Revenues Associated with Input–Output (I/O) Models .....22
1.12.1 Inputs Associated with Variable (or Direct) Costs ...............23
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1.12.2 Transformations Associated with
Fixed (or Indirect) Costs ..................................................23
1.12.3 Outputs Associated with Revenues and Profits ...................24
1.13 P/OM Input–Output Profit Model ..................................................25
1.14 Productivity—A Major P/OM Issue ................................................26
1.15 The Stages of P/OM Development ...................................................27
1.16 Organizational Positions and Career Opportunities in P/OM .........30
1.16.1 Career Success and Types of Processes ................................30
1.16.2 Operations Management Career Paths ...............................33
1.16.3 Global Aspects of Career Paths ..........................................34
1.16.4 Manager of Production or Operations:
Manufacturing or Services ..................................................35
1.16.5 Inventory Manager, Materials Manager, or Purchasing
Agent (and Supply Chain Manager) ...................................36
1.16.6 Director of Quality .............................................................36
1.16.7 Project Manager/Consultant (Internal or External) ............37
Summary ...................................................................................................37
Review Questions .......................................................................................38
Problems ....................................................................................................39
P/OM History Archive .............................................................................40
Archival Articles ..............................................................................40
Readings and References ............................................................................41
Source of Video Clips on Manufacturing ..................................................42
Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing (AIM): How Everyday
Things Are Made. ..............................................................42
2 Strategy, Productivity, and History ......................................................43
2.1 The Systems Viewpoint ...................................................................46
2.2 Strategic Thinking ...........................................................................47
2.3 Measurement of Productivity ..........................................................48
2.3.1 Labor Productivity ..............................................................50
2.3.2 Capital Productivity ...........................................................51
2.3.3 Multifactor Productivity .....................................................52
2.3.3.1 Trends in Multifactor (MFP) Productivity .........52
2.3.4 Operational Measures of the Organization’s
Productivity ........................................................................54
2.4 System-Wide Issues Impacting Productivity ....................................55
2.4.1 Global Issues .......................................................................56
2.4.2 Bureaucracy, Flexibility, and Productivity ...........................58
2.4.3 Size of Firms and Flexibility ...............................................59
2.4.4 Price–Demand Elasticity and Productivity .........................59
2.4.5 Elasticity of Quality and Productivity ................................61
2.4.6 Economies of Scale and the Division of Labor ....................62
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2.5 History of Improvements of P/OM Transformations .......................63
2.5.1 Artisans, Apprentices, and Trainees—The Beginning .........63
2.5.2 Interchangeable Parts (IP)—P/OM’s First Step ..................65
2.5.3 Scientific Management (SM)—P/OM’s
Second Step .......................................................................66
2.5.4 Sequenced Assembly (SA)—P/OM’s Third Step .................67
2.5.5 Statistical Quality Control—P/OM’s Fourth Step ..............68
2.5.6 Lean Production Systems—P/OM’s Fifth Step ...................68
2.5.7 Mass Customization with CAD, CAM, and Flexible
Production System—P/OM’s Sixth Step .............................69
2.5.8 Global Competition: Year 2010 Plus—P/OM’s
Seventh Step .......................................................................72
Summary ...................................................................................................73
Review Questions .......................................................................................74
Problems ....................................................................................................75
Readings and References ............................................................................76
3 Workload Assessment (Forecasting) .....................................................79
3.1 Introduction ....................................................................................81
3.2 Time Series and Extrapolation .........................................................82
3.3 Forecasting Methods for Time-Series Analysis ................................85
3.3.1 Moving Average ..................................................................86
3.3.2 Weighted Moving Average ..................................................88
3.3.3 Exponential Smoothing ......................................................89
3.3.4 Forecasting with a Seasonal Cycle.......................................92
3.3.5 Trend Analysis ....................................................................96
3.4 Regression Analysis .........................................................................98
3.5 Coefficients of Correlation and Determination ................................99
3.6 Forecasting Errors ..........................................................................101
3.7 The Delphi Method .......................................................................102
3.8 Pooling Information and Multiple Forecasts ..................................103
3.9 Product Life-Cycle Stages and Forecasting ....................................103
3.9.1 Introduction and Growth of the New Product
(Goods and Services) ........................................................104
3.9.2 Maturation and Decline of the New Product
(Goods and Services) ........................................................104
3.9.3 Demand Prediction in Life-Cycle Stages ..........................105
3.9.4 Protection of Established (Mature) Products
(Goods and Services) ........................................................106
Summary .................................................................................................107
Review Questions .....................................................................................108
Problems ..................................................................................................108
Readings and References ..........................................................................114