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Overview
● Introduction
● Historical Milestones in POM
● Factors Affecting POM Today
● Different Ways of Studying POM
● Wrap-Up: What World-Class Producers Do
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Introduction
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Organizational Model
Finance
Sales HRM
POM
QA
Marketing
MIS
Engineering Accounting
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Organization Chart-Major Elements
M a n u f a c t u r i n g O r g a n iz a t io n
O p e r a tio n s F in a n c e /A c c o u n t in g M a r k e tin g
F a c i li ti e s D is b u r s e m e n ts S a le s P r o m o t io n
P r o d u c tio n & & C r e d its A d v e r t is in g
In v e n to r y o n tr o l F unds M anagem ent S a le s
Q u a li t y A s s u r a n c e C a p i t a l R e q u ir e m e n ts M a rk e t R e s e a rc h
& C o n tro l
P ro c u re m e n t
E n g in e e r in g D e s ig n
I n d u s t r ia l E n g i n e e r in g
P r o c e s s E n g in e e r in g
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Entry-Level Jobs in POM
● Purchasing planner/buyer
● Production (or operations) supervisor
● Production (or operations) scheduler/controller
● Production (or operations) analyst
● Inventory analyst
● Quality specialist
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Historical Milestones in POM
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The Industrial Revolution
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The Industrial Revolution
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Scientific Management
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Scientific Management
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Human Relations
and Behavioralism
● In the 1927-1932 period, researchers in the
Hawthorne Studies realized that human factors were
affecting production.
● Researchers and managers alike were recognizing
that psychological and sociological factors affected
production.
● From the work of behavioralists came a gradual
change in the way managers thought about and
treated workers.
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Operations Research
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Today's Factors Affecting POM
● Global Competition
● U.S. Quality, Customer Service, and Cost Challenges
● Computers and Advanced Production Technology
● Growth of U.S. Service Sector
● Scarcity of Production Resources
● Issues of Social Responsibility
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Different Ways to Study POM
● Production as a System
● Production as an Organization Function
● Decision Making in POM
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Production as a System
Production System
Conversion
Inputs Outputs
Subsystem
Control
Subsystem
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Inputs of a Production System
● External
●
Legal, Economic, Social, Technological
● Market
●
Competition, Customer Desires, Product Info.
● Primary Resources
●
Materials, Personnel, Capital, Utilities
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Conversion Subsystem
● Physical (Manufacturing)
● Locational Services (Transportation)
● Exchange Services (Retailing)
● Storage Services (Warehousing)
● Other Private Services (Insurance)
● Government Services (Federal, State, Local)
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Outputs of a Production System
● Direct
●
Products
●
Services
● Indirect
●
Waste
●
Pollution
●
Technological Advances
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Production as an Organization Function
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Decision Making in POM
● Strategic Decisions
● Operating Decisions
● Control Decisions
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Strategic Decisions
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Operating Decisions
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Control Decisions
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What Controls the Operations System?
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Wrap-Up: World Class Practice
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