The manufacturing model decision

Five models, and what each is for. Discrete — distinct units, work orders, countable output. The default, and the most common. Process — batches, formulas, co-products and by-products: chemicals, food, pharmaceuticals. Project-driven — work tied to a project with costs collected against it: engineer-to-order, capital equipment. Contract manufacturing — production performed by a third party on your behalf. Outside processing — one or more operations sent to a supplier mid-route: plating, heat treatment, painting. How to tell which you are looking at, and it is one question: ask what comes out of a production run. One countable thing? Discrete. A quantity of material, plus unavoidable by-products? Process. Something unique against a customer contract? Project. That question cuts through a great deal of vocabulary, and you can ask it in a workshop without sounding like you are reading from a list. The mixed case is very common, and learners over-complicate it.…

In this module: Module 10 · Work Definitions

1. 1The manufacturing model decisionFree preview
2. 2What a work definition contains
3. 3Work definition names and versions
4. 4Building operations
5. 5Operation items and supply types
6. 6Operation resources
7. 7Validating against the shop floor
8. 8Outside processing
9. 9Loading work definitions in bulk
10. 10Costing implications
11. 11What breaks
12. 12Lab: build the route the plant actually runs