TY - BOOK ID - 11071861 TI - Process and operation planning PY - 2003 SN - 1402016530 9048164370 9401702594 PB - Dordrecht Kluwer Academic DB - UniCat KW - 658.512 KW - Production plan, schedule. Determination of sequence of operations (sequencing). Routeing KW - Production planning. KW - Production planning KW - 658.512 Production plan, schedule. Determination of sequence of operations (sequencing). Routeing KW - Manufacturing planning KW - Process planning KW - Planning KW - Production engineering KW - Production management. KW - Engineering design. KW - Mechanical engineering. KW - Management information systems. KW - Computer science. KW - Operations research. KW - Decision making. KW - Operations Management. KW - Engineering Design. KW - Mechanical Engineering. KW - Management of Computing and Information Systems. KW - Operations Research/Decision Theory. KW - Deciding KW - Decision (Psychology) KW - Decision analysis KW - Decision processes KW - Making decisions KW - Management KW - Management decisions KW - Choice (Psychology) KW - Problem solving KW - Operational analysis KW - Operational research KW - Industrial engineering KW - Management science KW - Research KW - System theory KW - Informatics KW - Science KW - Computer-based information systems KW - EIS (Information systems) KW - Executive information systems KW - MIS (Information systems) KW - Sociotechnical systems KW - Information resources management KW - Engineering, Mechanical KW - Engineering KW - Machinery KW - Steam engineering KW - Design, Engineering KW - Industrial design KW - Strains and stresses KW - Manufacturing management KW - Industrial management KW - Decision making KW - Communication systems KW - Design UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11071861 AB - Process planning detennines how a product is to be manufactured and is therefore a key element in the manufacturing process. It plays a major part in detennining the cost of components and affects all factory activities, company competitiveness, production planning, production efficiency and product quality. It is a crucial link between design and manufacturing. In spite of the importance of process planning in the manufacturing cycle, there is no fonnal methodology which can be used, or can help to train personnel for this job. Process planning activities are predominantly labor intensive, depending on the experience and the skill and intuition of the planner, and therefore often precludes a thorough analysis and optimization of the process plan which nearly always results in higher than necessary production costs, delays, errors and non-standardization of processes. Process planning is regarded as an art and not a science. Research in the field of process planning has indicated that all experts have their own expertise and one expert's experience might be different from that of another. It is rare, therefore, for two planners to produce the same process. Each process will produce the part as specified, although different processes will result in different processing times and costs. The question is, who is an expert? By definition an expert is one 'having or manifesting the knowledge, skill and experience needed for success in a particular field or endeavor', or 'one who has acquired special skill in or knowledge and mastery of something'. ER -