Organization in lines

Intermitted production system includes two types i.e.

2.1 Job Production

This includes producing goods and services as per the orders received from the customers because there is no assurance of continuous demand for these. It focuses on the production of a single product at a time i.e. from the first phase to the ending phase. Small scale businesses such as individual service or product providers, small restaurants use job production. Different large companies also use this type of production system.
Different examples of Job Production include:

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  Building a house through a contractor
  
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  Doing audits of the big public limited organization
  
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  Wedding arrangements by wedding planners for specific wedding
  

2.2 Batch Production

In this production system, a product is manufactured in different batches or groups as per the orders received from the customers or based on the assumption of the product’s continuous demand. Batch production is mainly used in different industries such as FMCG, Chemical (producing medicines), Consumer durable, Steel manufacturing, etc. as a verity of products is large in these industries, and demand is variable. The required units of the product are already known and produced in a single batch.
For example, a consumer durable company, Samsung manufactures different types of electronic products. Also, there are different variants of the same product that are being produced. Like, there are different types of Samsung washing machines alone in the product range of the company. So, it produces these variants of a single product in different batches i.e. through batch production. One type of washing machine will be manufactured first and after that, the next type of washing machine will be produced as per the demand.

Production Management Activities

Various activities involved in production management are as under:

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  Identifying required materials, acquisition of the knowledge related to processes, and installing equipment that is required for transforming raw materials into finished products.
  

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  The next activities include finding out how many quantities are required to be produced, detailing specifications, establishing processes, etc.
  

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  Decisions related to facility location, variety of required machinery for installation, technologies to be included, workforce hiring, and their training to perform different activities, facilities that need to be provided, what items to outsource, or produce in-house. With the help of these decisions, productivity can be achieved with high efficiency.
  

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  For transformation through processes, various types of materials are purchased, stored in the organization. A smooth flow of information is ensured for monitoring and controlling the processes that ultimately control the related costs and to widen the scope of continuous improvement.
  

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  Formulation of strategies at different levels along with procedures of proper implementation.
  

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  Designing flexibility to look at aftermarket fluctuations.
  

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  Accommodating changes at the technology front.