Yes / Manufacturing is a global activity that started during the industrial revolution in the late
19th century to cater for the large-scale production of products. Since then,
manufacturing has changed tremendously through the innovations of technology,
processes, materials, communication and transportation. The major challenge facing
manufacturing is to produce more products using less material, less energy and less
involvement of labour. To face these challenges, manufacturing companies must have a
strategy and competitive priority in order for them to compete in a dynamic market. A
review of the literature on the decomposition of manufacturing processes outlines three
main processes, namely: high volume, medium volume and low volume. The
decomposition shows that each sub process has its own characteristics and depends on
the nature of the firm’s business. Two extreme processes are continuous line production
(fast extreme) and project shop (slow extreme). Other processes are in between these
two extremes of the manufacturing spectrum. Process flow patterns become less
complex with cellular, line and continuous flow compared with jobbing and project. The
review also indicates that when the product is high variety and low volume, project or
functional production is applied. / The financial support by the Malaysian Government, Universiti Malaysia Pahang and Bradford University for this research is gratefully acknowledged.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/9542 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Mohamed, N.M.Z.Nik, Khan, M. Khurshid |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, published version paper |
| Rights | © 2012 Universiti Malaysia Pahang. This work is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits authors and readers unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction the material in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. This is enabled under the terms of Attribution and Non-Commercial usage of the material. |
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