Basic of Production
Basic of Production
Basic of Production
Production is the processes by which raw materials and other inputs are converted into finished goods or
Operation management is understand as the process whereby resources or inputs are converted into more useful
products. The term Production means to manufacture a tangible product. Production has been defined as
transformation of input into the output. If the output is tangible it is known as production management and if the
output is intangible it is known as operation management.
Input Output
Lab our
Capital Goods
Material Transformation or
Machine Services
Management
Method
Transformation is the conversion of input into output with the aid of conversion processes.
Type of transformation:
Physical: manufacturing, mining
Location services: transportation
Exchange services: Retailing, warehousing
Storage services: warehousing
Physiological: Health care
Informational: Telecommunications
Government services: Local, state control
Other private services: Insurance, finance, utilities, real estates, business and personal services e
Examples of conversion process
1 .Nature of Output:
Production is characterized by tangible output (Product) such as car, cycle, scooter etc. Where operation are
characterized by intangible output (Service) such as Banking, Transportation, Training.
2. Consumption of Output
In Production, output are used by customers over a period while in service output are consumer immediately.
3. Nature of Work
In production, Job use less lab our and more equipment while in service job use more lab our and less
equipment.
4. Customer Participation in conversion
In production, no participation of customer in conversion process occurs, whereas frequent customer
participation occurs in services.
5. Degree of Customer Contact.
In production, there exist little customer context while in service there exist direct customer contact.
6. Location
In production, location of system is in relation to regional, national and international markets while in service
location depends on location of local customer, clients and users.
7. Volume
In production, large units that can take advantage of economies of scale while in service relatively small units
to serve local markets.
8. Demand
In production, demand on system variable on weekly, monthly and seasonally basis while in service demand
commonly variable on hourly, daily and weekly basis.
9. Market
In production, market served by productive system is regional, national and international while service market
served by productive system is usually locals.
10. Nature of operation
In production, the system is complex and interrelated processing while in service, there is simple processing.
11. Investment
In production, it is capital intensive while in service, it may be lab our intensive.
12. Quality
In production quality can be easily determined, while in services it is with difficulty.
Maximization Minimization
Quality -Time
Productivity - Cost
Customer satisfaction - Accident
Quantity of production - Breakdown
Utilization of resource - Wastage
Possible profit - Defective item
Employee motivation - Scrape / rework
Control on resources - repetition of work
Production department is the most important department in any organization. If production department does not
manufacture a good quality of product then other department cannot survive in the organization. Customer need
is fulfill only buy product and customer is not interested about the other department of the organization. If the
satisfaction of customer increased then other department can survive in the organization.
Information Technology
Finance
Major functions various Department
Production – The management of all activities related to production of goods like product design, process
analysis, location, layout, quality, inventory, purchasing, and storage. Maintenances, safety, wastage,
organization structure, capacity, etc.
Human Resource Management – The management of all activities related to People working in the
organization like recruitment, selection, orientation, training, performance appraisal, motivation, transfer,
promotion, grauity, retrenchement, increment and man power planning.
Marketing Department – The management of all the activities related to sales of the product like sales, test
marketing, distribution, promotion mix, pricing, branding of product.
Finance Department – The management of all activities related to money available in the organization like
rising of fund, investment of fund, capital structure, cost of capital, dividend policy, preparing of final accounts,
and management of wages.
Global competition
Environmental issue
Time saving
Corporate downsizing
Work force diversity
Rapid Technology changes
Involvement of employees
Re-engineeringEthical issues