Production and Operations Management

How many ones are there in 100?

There are ___ ones in a 100

JIT Production

The JIT concept has been borrowed from the inventory systems of American Super markets. i.e.. Units that are sold are replaced

Just in Time

According to APICS : A Philosophy of manufacturing based on planned elimination of waste and continuous improvement of productivity.

Purpose and Benefits

Reduced operating cost Improving Quality and performance Increase innovativeness Flexibility Improved delivery

JIT Components
Production leveling Good House keeping Kamban Small lot Production Total quality control Total preventive maintenance

BMW
Full form of BMW ? Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (german) Bavarian Motor Works (english) It was founded in 1913 by Karl Friedrich Rapp in Munich (Germany).

Contd
Before world war 1 they are into aircraft production later into railway brakes. Then they are into Bikes and later they are into Luxury cars. Their first car BMW 3/15.

BMW in India
Formal entry into India in 2007 and three outlets in India. Manufacturing unit in Delhi and Chennai. They manufacture BMW 3series and 5series are only for local market.

Manufacturing of BMW

BMW is Beyond JIT

The department managers, engineers and computer software developers at BMW U.S. factory are about to dropkick the auto plant into a new era. Call it the ``post-just-in-time'' era. ``this effort'' is a shift from the lean, justin-time production that automakers have championed since the 1980s to deliveryon-demand.

Mass Customization

To build flexibility into its factory system BMW is making Major Changes including a $300 million capital expense program that just completed manufacturing changes are as diverse as procedures

Industry

analysts have termed this process 'mass customization', implying that it combined the features and advantages of both mass production and customization.

The following changes are underway

Vehicles are being gradually redesigned to reduce variations in steel metal. The changes will reduce dramatically the number of body structure difference. Eg: 3 series, will decline from 16 body variations to 2.

VIN
BMW is changing its standard global factory procedure of assigning vehicles to customers When they receive an order for a car its stamped a VIN on to a freshly welded body, that vehicle remained assigned to the same customer as it moved.

Scheduling Freedom
The company is adopting a computer ordering system at dealerships in Europe. Customers will work with retailers to configure the vehicle wanted and receive the date of delivery on the screen within 5 seconds.

Still Lean
The Spartanburg plant will double the size of its vehicle stacking center-a giant mechanism that can temporarily shelve half of a shifts worth of cars at once. This would reduce the scheduling glitches caused by a series of cars passing down the line out of order while the worker is loaded with parts of different cars.

Dont forget the suppliers

Don't forget the suppliers and Please don't underestimate the role of our suppliers in this effort. says Helmut Leube, president of BMW Manufacturing Corp. The South Carolina plant and other BMW plants worldwide are attempting to make ordering a vehicle from a BMW factory and getting that vehicle on the day it is promised as easy as possible.

Presented by:

Sumanth
Abhishek Afzal

Aishwarya
Alwin Ramya