Unit 4: Facility Design

Begin your post with the label: Unit 4: Facility Design. Research the following topics related to Facility Design: Capacity Economy of Scale Layout Cycle time FMS Unit 4: Facility Design   Capacity Capacity refers to the maximum output rate or level of a facility or organization. It indicates the maximum units that can be optimally produced given the available resource. Capacity planning is often conducted in order to determine the optimal output rate in a certain facility. Capacity can be divided in two categories namely: design capacity and effective capacity. Design capacity shows the output rate in ideal conditions while the effective capacity shows the maximum output rates under normal or realistic conditions. Economy of Scale This refers to the cost advantages that organizations may gain as they increase in size or as their scale of production increases. In most cases, the cost per unit of goods produced falls as the scale increases. The reason for this is that the organization’s fixed costs remain relatively the same with...

Research the following topics related to Service Design: Specification Blueprint Queue Goods Phases Product Design Specification generally refers to production requirements. Specification stands for operational or technical requirements that that may either be internal or external (Baxter, 1995). Specification can also be defined as requirements that ought to be satisfied by design, material, or final product. Product specification is related to meeting of requirements that related to design, material, and product. Specification may also relate to the technical standards of a product. The core purpose of a design specification is to anticipate problems or issues that may cause a product to fail and to establish critical design targets that could avert such a failure. A product’s success is determined by four critical things which include: whether the product will sell, whether it will work as expected, when it can be made, and lastly whether it complies with outlined legal obligations. Blueprint Blueprint in service design gives a critical look at individuals and their service...

Instructions Research the following topics related to Lean Systems: JIT Lean Production Kanban Kaizen Poka-yoke Lean Systems   JIT Just-in-time (JIT) is a management philosophy whose origins can be traced to Japan in the 1970s. JIT philosophy establishes six crucial aspects to consider in the manufacturing process. The six aspects are important in improving efficiency and effectiveness in the production process and include: having the right items, having the items at the right quality, right quantity, right place and right time (Cheng, Podolsky, & Jarvis, 1996). The use of the management philosophy is attributed to improved production process. The major areas of improvement include: improved communication, productivity, reduction in costs & wastes, high quality products, and efficiency in production process. JIT philosophy has certain unique characteristics that enables businesses achieve the aforementioned improvements. First, the management philosophy calls for demand driven production. Second, it advocates for the least possible time lapse between receipt of materials, processing, and moving the products to consumers. Third, it ensures...

Instructions Examine the business concepts of quality management and lean systems: Quality Management 1. Dimensions of Quality 2. Cost of Quality 3. Six Sigma 4. ISO 5. Quality tools Lean Systems 1. JIT 2. Lean Production 3. Kanban 4. Kaizen 5. Poka-yoke Quality Management and Lean Systems Paper Dimensions of quality There are a total of eight dimensions of quality which are employed in quality management. The first dimension of quality is performance. Performance concerns the primary operating characteristics of a particular product. The second dimension is features. This refers to the extra characteristics of a product that add to its appeal. The third dimension is known as reliability which refers to dependability of the product in terms of performance. Conformance is the fourth dimension of quality. This refers to the degree to which the product meets outlined standards. The fifth dimension durability which relates to the product life. Serviceability is the next dimension which refers to several aspects of product maintenance. The seventh dimension is aesthetics which refers to the kind of feelings the product...