Product, Process and Schedule Design

Facilities Planning Process

Manufacturing Facilities

Other Facilities

Define the products to be manufactured

Define the objective and the capacity of the plan

Specify the manufacturing process and related activities required to produce the products

Specify the processes and related activities required to achieve the plan and capacity.

 

Interrelationships among all activities

Space requirements

Alternative facilities plan

Evaluate the preferred plan

Implement the plan

Maintain and adapt

Update the products/process and equipment and redefine the objectives

 

PP&S (Product, Process and Schedule) Design:

Facilities Design consists of :

Facility System Design (Structural systems, HVAC systems, lighting, electrical systems, communication, sanitation systems)

Layout (Electrical, HVAC system, equipment and machinery, storage)

Handling Systems (Material, personnel, information, equipment handling systems)

Product, Process and schedule design requires concurrent or simultaneous engineering teams. Concurrent teams consist of :

 

Civil engineers

Architects

Electrical engineers

Mechanical engineers

Manufacturing engineers

General contractors

Consultants (including specialists in safety, health, environment, fire protection)

Vendors

Quality control technicians

CAD/ CAM engineers

Inventory managers

Industrial engineers

Facility engineers

Facility managers

 

Benefits of Concurrent Engineering:

Reduced cost

Increased quality

Better customer satisfaction

Higher sales

Shorter delivery time

Less inventories

Better space utilization

More efficient material handling

More efficient handling of information sharing, personnel and communication systems

Cost of design changes increases exponentially as a project moves beyond planning and designing phases. Concurrent engineering provides valuable input during the planning stage so that the changes in the building, installation and commission stages can be at a minimum level.

 

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Last Update: September 10, 2000

Prepared by : Serdar Z. Elgun