Illustrate the role and purpose of production engineering and its relationship with the other elements of a manufacturing system: Manufacturing Engineering Assignment, GCL, Ireland
| University | Griffith College Limerick (GCL) |
| Subject | Manufacturing Engineering |
The automotive industry commonly deals with global supply chains. Globally dispersed suppliers and worldwide manufacturing facilities increase complexity. Multi-faceted demand has become a major challenge for car manufacturers, who must deal not only with countless models and colors but also with an ever-increasing range of features and options. Volatile customer demand can be bridged by making use of contract manufacturers. Contract manufacturing (CM) is a feasible way to add capacity and flexibility without investing in new facilities. Throughout the automotive supply chain setup, a collaboration between dealers, OEMs, contract manufacturers, and suppliers is crucial to delivery performance.
You are the new operations engineer in a small company that carries out subcontract work for an automobile Manufacturer. The company has appointed several junior production technicians. HR has asked you to compile 4 reports describing Production Engineering in terms of the wider manufacturing system in order to assist in the training program being developed for new recruits. You are required to address production engineering, manufacturing processes, (choice of) materials, and the effectiveness of production and assembly.
- Illustrate the role and purpose of production engineering and its relationship with the other elements of a manufacturing system.
- Select the most appropriate production processes and associated facility arrangements, for manufacturing products of different material types.
- Analyze how a production system can incorporate a number of different production processes for a given product or assembly.
- Explore the effectiveness of a production system in terms of its operation within the wider manufacturing system.
