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INTRODUCTION TO
PRODUCTION AND
OPERATION
MANAGEMENT
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

 To know the importance of the production system in an

organization.

 To understand the link between various activities of the

production system.

 To comprehend the history of operations management.

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SYSTEM

 It consists of elements or components. The elements or

components are interlinked together to achieve the objective
for which it exists.
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Components of a system:

 Input

 Processing

 Output

 Control/Feedback
 Proactive Control
 Reactive Control
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Business System:

 The business organization is classified into different

subsystems based on the functions like marketing,
production/operation, finance and human resource etc.

 Each subsystem can have more subsystem

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Operations Management

 Operation Management is a way or means through which the

listed objectives of an operating system is achieved.

 Production management is a subset of Operations

Management.
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History of OM
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TYPES OF OPERATION SYSTEM

 The type of Operation System to be adopted should be

known to the people, and then only you may choose the
system based on the nature of the product that you are going
to manufacture.

 The types of operation system are classified based on the

following criteria.
 Product flow pattern in conversion system
 Output of the product
 Specification of the output
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Flow Shop

 In this kind of production, the productive resources are

arranged according to the sequence of operation required
by the product design.
 Continuous production
 Mass production
 Batch production
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Continuous Production

 In this type of production the product flows continuously

without much interruption.

 This type of production lacks in flexibility.

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Job Shop

 the products are mostly customized products. Based on the

customer requirements, the products are produced. The
productive resources are kept according to the function.

 The industries involved in the following activities are

classified as the Job Shop production:

• Auto repairing

• Hospital
• Machine shop
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Project Production

 This refers to the industries involved in the production of one

type of complex products like, ship construction, dam
construction, bridge construction, research and development

 In this kind of production, scheduling the activities is

important so that you can complete the project within the
time and budget constraint.