4 V’s,
Process Types,
5x Ops Perf. Obj’s,
Layout Types
Author: Berni Brain
, FLOW
Regular Flow more Important
High Unit Costs
High Unit Costs
NB! Perception
NB! Perception
High Unit Cost
Co-production
Co-production
Short Waiting
Customised
Tolerance Intermt.
Tolerance
Complex
Flexible
Waiting
Diverse/
Short
Complex
Manufacturing Process
Basic Layout Types Service Process Types
Types
Motorway Construction Open-Heart Surgery
Project High-Class Service
Processes
Ship Building Fixed-Position Layout Restaurant
Professional
Regular Flow more Feasible
Mainframe Computer Services
Maintenance
Jobbing Processes Machining
Aircraft Engine Parts
Supermarket
Variation in Demand
Check out the detail at the end of Process Layout Hospital (general
Process Tasks
Hospital
Mix and Flexibility
(x-rays, labs) ward)
(aka, Functional)
Unit Costs
Visibility
Variety
the slide deck!
Library
Service Shops
Computer “lunch” products
Component Manuf in Supermarket
Batch Processes
Maternity Unit in
Cell Layout Hospital
shop-within-a-shop,
retail ”cell”
Mass Processes Automobile
assembly
Mass-immunisation
Programmes
Mass Services
Product Layout Self-Service Cafeteria
Continuous (aka, Line)
Processes
Delay betw production
High Staff Utilisation
and Consumption
Low Unit Costs
High Utilisation
Low Unit Cost
Low Unit Cost
Standardised
Well Defined
Low Contact
Low Repetition
Predictable
High Repeatability
Multi-skilling
Specialisation FLOW
Routine
Routine
Less systemisation
Repeated/ Volume
Stable
High Unit Cost Capital Intensive
Divided Low Unit Cost Contin.
Process Types,
5x Ops Perf. Obj’s,
Layout Types
Author: Berni Brain
, FLOW
Regular Flow more Important
High Unit Costs
High Unit Costs
NB! Perception
NB! Perception
High Unit Cost
Co-production
Co-production
Short Waiting
Customised
Tolerance Intermt.
Tolerance
Complex
Flexible
Waiting
Diverse/
Short
Complex
Manufacturing Process
Basic Layout Types Service Process Types
Types
Motorway Construction Open-Heart Surgery
Project High-Class Service
Processes
Ship Building Fixed-Position Layout Restaurant
Professional
Regular Flow more Feasible
Mainframe Computer Services
Maintenance
Jobbing Processes Machining
Aircraft Engine Parts
Supermarket
Variation in Demand
Check out the detail at the end of Process Layout Hospital (general
Process Tasks
Hospital
Mix and Flexibility
(x-rays, labs) ward)
(aka, Functional)
Unit Costs
Visibility
Variety
the slide deck!
Library
Service Shops
Computer “lunch” products
Component Manuf in Supermarket
Batch Processes
Maternity Unit in
Cell Layout Hospital
shop-within-a-shop,
retail ”cell”
Mass Processes Automobile
assembly
Mass-immunisation
Programmes
Mass Services
Product Layout Self-Service Cafeteria
Continuous (aka, Line)
Processes
Delay betw production
High Staff Utilisation
and Consumption
Low Unit Costs
High Utilisation
Low Unit Cost
Low Unit Cost
Standardised
Well Defined
Low Contact
Low Repetition
Predictable
High Repeatability
Multi-skilling
Specialisation FLOW
Routine
Routine
Less systemisation
Repeated/ Volume
Stable
High Unit Cost Capital Intensive
Divided Low Unit Cost Contin.
