This document discusses various aspects of production management including:
- Types of production processes such as extractive, analytic, synthetic, and fabricating.
- Factors to consider when designing a production process such as equipment usage, material and work flow, and quality testing.
- Differences between continuous/intermittent, job/custom, batch, and mass production approaches.
- Principles of scientific management including developing worker skills and standardizing tasks.
- Methods for analyzing work such as time and motion studies to improve efficiency.
- Functions of production planning like scheduling, dispatching, and quality control inspections.