Category: Design

As a productivity improvement step, Method Study helps to produce the same output using fewer resources or to produce more with proportionately less inputs. It reduces, if not eliminates waste. Method Study ensures creativity, innovativeness, optimal decision-making power, good organization practices and better communication. The following issues are the essential elements when carrying out a Method Study:1. Economic considerations2. Technical considerations ADVERTISEMENTS: 3. Human reactions Role of Method Study: To summarize the above discussions, we can safely say that role of Method Study is:1. To appraise the purpose and objectives of the organization2. To assess the tasks of the organization ADVERTISEMENTS: 3. To evaluate the communication and control structure of the organization4. To optimize the use of resources of the organization5. To improve procedures, methods and processes of the organization6.…

Capacity planning is done to estimate the requirements of machines and manpower so as to achieve the production targets. In helps to determine capacity and adjustment of capacity matching resource availability, to cope with demand fluctuation.With a stable demand pattern, the task of capacity planning becomes easier, while with a fluctuating demand, the task becomes complicated for obvious efforts required to the optimal utilization of available resources or new resource acquisition, as maybe case.Excess capacity would minimize productivity; whereas, under-capacity would put strain on customer services and long-term growth and profitability of the organization. For effective capacity planning, production and operations managers need to consider factors like, machine standards, production cycle time, labour productivity, multiplicity of shifts, plant efficiency, scheduling delays, maintenance problem, power failure, absenteeism problem, other eventual manufacturing…