After reading this article you will learn about line balancing and its methods. Line Balancing: Line balancing means balancing the line, for example balancing the production line or an assembly line. Suppose there are three machines (work stations) A, B and C, which can process 5, 10 and 15 pieces per unit time respectively and the pieces flow from A [...]
After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Meaning of Product Development 2. Procedure for Product Development 3. Principles. Meaning of Product Development: A product is an article obtained by the transformation of raw material and is marketed/sold by the manufacturer, i.e., a product is a salable item. It may be a consumer product such as cigarettes, televisions or [...]
This article throws light upon the three main types of process planning. The types are: 1. Manual Process Planning 2. Automated Process Planning 3. Generative Process Planning. Type # 1. Manual Process Planning: This type of planning is known as man-variant process planning and is the commonest type of planning used for production today. Planning the operations to be used [...]