Management of manufacturing processes

Abstract

Management of manufacturing at a large enterprise entails planning of the sequence of processes at the enterprise. The management goals are as follows: min� imization of the production time; reduction in pro� duction costs by organizational measures; and accounting and planning. At present, there are two methods of production management. The first is to formulate optimal opera� tional scheduling for the equipment in the shops [1, 2]. This involves the use of MES systems (manufacturing execution systems) at the shop level and APS systems (advanced planning and scheduling systems) at the enterprise level. The initial data for planning are derived from the manufacturing processes and the manufacturing times. The second management method is the manage� ment of business processes, which generally include all the processes not associated with the manufacturing processes: design; the development of manufacturing processes; preparations for production; and the activ� ities of the storage teams, the materials and equipment department, and other services. A wide range of tools may be used for the management of business pro� cesses, from individual programs corresponding to IDEF or UML (universal modeling language) proto� cols to the corresponding modules of ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems.