Def

nOfpr
oduct
ion-Pr
oduct
ioni
sapr
ocesswhi
chcr
eat
esut
il
it
y&addv
alue.

◼Forms/ Natureofpr oduction-Val ueadditi

onbyf orm ut i
li
ty,valueaddi t
ionbypl ace
uti
li
ty,valueaddi ti
onbyt imeut i
li
ty,
Servi
ceutil
ity
.
◼Impor tanceofPM -accompl ishmentoffir
m objecti
v e,reputation&goodwi ll
,helpsto
i
ntroducenewpr oduct,suppor totherf
unctionalareas,helpst of orcecompet iti
on,
opti
mum ut il
isati
onofr esour ces,mini
mum costofpr oduct i
on, expansionoff ir
m.
◼Scope/ roleofpr odnmanagement-Pr oductselect&desi gn, processsel ection&
pl
anni ng,locationfaci
li
ties,l
ay out&mat eri
alhandlingf acil
i
ties,capaci t
ypl anning.
◼Obj ecti
v esofPM -1] PartI( ulti
mateobjecti
ves)-Primar yobj ecti
v eminimi zingcost,
Productqual ity,manufacturingschedule/control
.2]PartII(Intermedi at
eObj ecti
ves)-
Machi naryequi pment,mat erial,manpower ,moneyf i
nance, manuf acturi
ngmet hod.

◼Obj ect
ivesofpr oductdesi gn-Pr ofi
tgener at
ion,achievedesiredproductqual i
ty,
reducedev l
ttime, r
educecostofpr oduct,ensur eproduct i
bil
i
ty.
◼Fact or
saf f
ectingproductdesi gn-cust omerr equirement s,easytooper ate,form and
functi
onofpr oduct,typesofmat erialused, wor kmet hodandequi pment s,costand
pri
cer at
io,productquality
, processcapabi li
ty,
ef f
ectonexi st
ingproduct, packaging.
◼Pr oductli
fecyclePhases/ stages-I ntr
oduct ion,Growt h,maturit
y,decli
ne.
◼Typesofpr oduct i
onsy stem -1.Intermittentpr odnsy st
em -pr oj
ectprodnf low,jobbin
prodn", batch"" .2.Cont inuouspr odnsy stem -Masspr odnflows,processpr odnf l
ow.

◼Typesorclassifi
cat
ionofprodntechnology-Par
t1(Pri
maryareasoft
ech)-product
t
ech,processtech,i
nfor
mationtech.Part2(Ot
herareasoft
ech)-Desi
gntech,ser
vice
t
ech,advancehightech.

◼Fact orsaff
ecti
ngpl antlocat
ion/
dif
ff actorsconsideri
ngplantlocati
on-Par t
1(Primaryfact
ors)-supplyofr awmat erial
,nearnesstomar ket,t
ransportfacil
it
ies,
supplyoflabour,supplyofpower ,
suppl yofcapital
,Part2(Secondaryfactors)-natural
resources,t
hegov tpolicy
, Gov
tsubsidies&f aci
liti
es,goodwil
l,hi
stori
cal&r el
igi
ous
factors,
personalfact
or s.

◼Obj ect ives/I

mpor tanceofpl antlayout-Effectiveuseofav ai
lablearea,economi cal
mat erial handli
ng, minimizedelayinpr odn,bettersuper vi
sion,toavoidwast age,safet
y
&sat isfact i
on,impr ovementofqual it
ycont rol
,avoi danceofbot tl
enecks,better
product i
oncont rol,i
mpr ovementinempl oyeesmor al.
◼Di ffty pesofl ayout-Pr oductlay
out ,
processl ayout ,f
ixedfashionlayout,cell
ular
l
ay out, hy br
idlayout/gr ouptechnology.
◼Ty pesofPr oductivi
ty-Labourpr oductivi
ty,capitalproductiv
ity,materi
alproductivi
ty,
energypr oduct i
vi
ty,totalfact
orproduct i
vit
y.