Production & Manufacturing Planning

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Produce Products

3 Activities in

Product Development

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The process of creating or improving the form of another product.

Product Design

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First creating a model and then deciding the best possible design.

Product Research

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Performed by engineers and other scientists to develop new products or to discover improvements for existing products.

Product Research

2 Types of

Applied Research

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Marketing research that studies existing products to develop design improvements or new product ideas

Pure Research

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Discovers new solutions to problems.

Production Planning

Parts of

Production Process

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Activities, equipment, and resources needed to manufacture products.

Production Resources

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Machines, tools, and other equipment needed for production.

Personnel

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Employees and skills needed for production.

Inventory Management

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Maintaining the supply of all resources needed for production and the products produced.

Continuous Process

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(CPI) Ongoing effort to improve manufacturing processes to increase the quality of work by reducing: Errors, Inefficiencies, & Waste

Improvement