Production Job Shop vs. Flow Shop

Friday, February 18, 2011
Job Shop

  • Plan and control by lots
  • Work orders or lot tichets issued
  • Varying routings
  • Process information travels with job
  • Job cosing
  • Multipurpose equipment
  • Organization by department
Flow Shop

  • Plan and control by rates
  • Flow control (no job orders)
  • Fixed flow path
  • Process costing
  • Equipment dedicated to a range of tasks
  • Organization by line

Similarities

  • People involvement
  • Workplace organization
  • Total quality
  • Total productive maintenance
  • Setup time resuction
  • Reduced inventory
  • Cross-trained woekers
  • Supplier relationshops
  • Visibility
Treatment of Apparent Differences

  • Limited queue lenghts
  • Visible queues
  • Lot size by time limits
  • Storage eliminated
  • Overload prevented
  • Performance measurement
  • Non production improvement

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