JOB SHOP PRODUCTION SYSTEM

By
Pramesh Anuragi(1404008)
Vaibhav Sham Sutrave(1404014)

WHAT IS JOB SHOP.?

Job shop manufacturer is a business that

produces what customers design after winning a
quote based on the customers engineering
drawing.
The item(s) may be produced only once and
never made again
General Purpose Machines are used
It produces low volume of wide variety of
different products
The companies are operating under job shop
are CMI-FPE Ltd, Boeing 777, L&T etc

LAYOUT & MATERIAL FLOW:

Functional & Fixed Position Layout

Irregular Material flow
WIP is high, RM & FG is lower
Delivery times are long

COMPETITVE ADVANTAGE:

High level of Flexibility & Innovativeness

Other manufacturing outputs like cost,
quality, performance & delivery is low

MANUFACTURING
LEVERS
HUMAN RESOURCES

Highly skilled employees

High Wages
Small supervisory staff

ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
AND CONTROLS

Operations are decentralized for quick

response
Fix cost of building & equipment are low
Variable cost is high
Quality is responsibility of operator

PRODUCTION PLANNING &

CONTROL

Make to order
Different routing for each product
Shop floor control is difficult
Scheduling for employee is easy but not
for job
Maintenance is easy

SOURCING

Little vertical integration

Orders are small & irregular from many
supplier
Little control over supplier

PROCESS TECHNOLOGY

General purpose & old machines

Technology follower not leader

MANUFACTURING
OUTPUTS
DELIVERY

Variety & no of jobs make scheduling

difficult
More setup times & operation time on GPM
Functional layout increases distances a job
travels

COST

Higher cost in comparison of other system

QUALITY

Because of GPM the quality is lower

Less experienced worker as every job is
new

PERFORMANCE

Low performance compared to other

system
Low volume doesnt justify investment in
design

FLEXIBILITY & INOVATIVESS

Flexibility & innovativeness is very high

Highly skilled employee & GPM

CASE

EXAMPLE OF JOB SHOP

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