1. Product life Cycle:

2. Types of production Task
The type of production method you use depends on:
The nature of the product
The materials it’s made from
The resources available
The number of products that have to be made
Task
Find out about the following types of production:
Job Production
Batch Production
Line Production
Cell Production
Flow Production

3. Job Batch Line Cell Flow
What type of production would be suitable for manufacturing these products?
Job Batch Line Cell Flow

4. Group Task:
Demonstrate the following types of production through the manufacture of paper cubes.
Group 1 – Batch production
Group 2 – Line production
Group 3 – Cell production
Group 4 – Job production
Take some time to organise your group first so that everyone knows what they are doing and then start production.

5. Sequential Engineering in product development
Research Department
Design Department
Manufacture Department
Quality Control Department

6. Sequential Engineering in production

7. Concurrent Engineering in product development
Quality Control Department
Design Department
Research Department
Manufacture Department

8. Concurrent Engineering in production

9. Task:
Find out the advantages and disadvantages of Sequential and Concurrent engineering in production and new product development

10. Sequential Engineering:
Advantages
- brings control to complex projects
Disadvantages
- no department or worker has an overview of the whole process
Little communication between departments
Lack of interest and concern among employees on issues such as quality control and product management
slow process resulting in lost sales
Concurrent Engineering:
- saves development and manufacturing time
- More interaction between departments and workers
Teamwork and productivity is improved as people are working closer together
operator fatigue is reduced, eliminating human error
more responsibility for workers- machine maintenance/ quality control
more interesting for workers
production lines can be changed quickly
- more difficult to control