Assignment: Production Management
Length: 1200 words.
Learning Outcomes:
A. understand the production management within operation management;
B. describe operations processes design and their management to contextualize and improve production performance;
C. assess lay out design and evaluate facility location;
D. evaluate how to elaborate a master production schedule (MRS) and material requirement planning (MRP);
E. understand quality control components and measures;
F. understand production in the global setting.
Task
A. This is an individual task.
B. The task focuses on areas studied to date, requiring you to show knowledge and application in the parts stated.
C. You should upload a single, correctly formatted document which may also include any relevant tables and diagrams
Questions
• Describe carefully all the tasks of a Production Manager
• How do these tasks fit with the rest of the Organization?
• How can Production Management help to reduce costs?
• Explain what productivity means. Main factors impacting productivity
Case Premium Paper
Company "Premium Paper" is located near Paris. The design and print paper for furniture applications (usually called melamine paper). Production process consists on printing raw paper. Raw paper is delivered in big rolls (700 Kgs). Production process is done in multi-stage printing machines. Each stage of the machine contains an engraved cylinder and ink. Paper runs on the different stages and the combination of all of them provides the final printed paper.
Set up times in these machines are very long (3/4 hours). This means that every time the process is stopped because of any technical issue, the costs can be enormous.
Premium paper has 6 printing lines (3 "Stoner" Machines , 2 "Rotomec" Machines and 1 "Grimaldi" Machine (the oldest one)
Premium Paper has a highly experienced maintenance team. Every time a machine suffers a breakdown they run and try to fix it as soon as possible. However due to some unexpected failures and lack of spare parts, "Premium Paper" is suffering very serious productivity problems.
A. How should you define the maintenance process?
B. Which changes should you implement in terms of maintenance?
C. Which recommendations should you address to the Top Management with respect the machines park?
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, and typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.