Production Planning
Production Planning
Introduction
The intention of this project is to demonstrate the function of
production planning in a non - artificial environment. Through this simulation
we are able to forecast, with a degree of certainty the monthly requirements for
end products, subassemblies, parts and raw materials. We are supplied with
information that we are to base our decisions on. The manufacturer depicted in
this simulation was actually a General Electric facility that produced black and
white television sets Syracuse, New York. Unfortunately this plant is no longer
operational, it was closed down and the equipment was shipped off to China. One
can only wonder if the plant manager would have taken Professor Moily's class in
production management the plant still might be running.
Modern production management or operation management (OM) systems first
came to prominence in the early half of the twentieth century. Frederick W.
Taylor is considered the father of operations......
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