00000ctm a22000003a 4500 UP-99796217610631126 Buklod 20130301111558.0 a grb 001 u| ta 130301s2005 xx d r |||| u| (iLib)UPD-00194806755 DENG eng LG 993 2005 E66 B358 Balucan, John Paul A study of the production system of Sanitary Wares Manufacturing Corporation John Paul Balucan, Monnaliz Amis, Donabelle Mercado. Diliman, Quezon City College of Engineering 2005 76 leaves Feasibility study Access exclusively for UP IE students. Written permission required from the department head for NON-IE and NON-UP students or researchers Submitted in partial fulfillment of the course requirements in IE 151 : Production Systems American Standard Inc. is known for its production of world-class quality vitreous china sanitary wares. As a Philippine corporation, it aims to contribute meaningful to the development of vitreous china products on a competitive basis vis-a-vis local and international competitors by ensuring high quality products and continuously improving levels of efficiency and customer satisfaction. In line with this vision, the company employs Demand Flow Technology (DFT) in its production process, which entails application of an intermediate flow strategy on its shop floor. This study was conducted to assist the company in identifying problem areas and addressing them by suggesting courses of action that may be considered for implementation. Topics discussed include forecasting, location, layout analysis, inventory management, materials requirements planning, strategic capacity planning, workforce management and aggregate planning. Concerns for each topic have been tackled and summarized on a streamline diagnosis diagram. Using production and operations management tools, three major issues were addressed namely the presence of bottleneck process, costly materials handling, and overstocking of raw-in-process and finished goods inventory. To address the bottleneck process, a review of the standard times and current formulas used in the computations of capacity of machines and workforce should be conducted. Restructuring the current plant layout may minimize costs for materials handling. This suggested capital investment might be reviewed using cost benefit analysis together with investing on a larger furnace to increase the capacity of the bottleneck process--kiln-firing operations. It was suggested that safety stock inventory be kept and Materials Requirements Planning be implemented to avoid raw materials shortage in order to minimize raw-in-process inventory. The group also recommends that the company review its current forecasting method to predict demand better and avoid overstocking of finished goods inventory. Sanitary Wares Manufacturing Corporation. Sanitary products industry. Production engineering. Production Systems IE 151. Amis, Monnaliz. Mercado, Donnabelle. FI UP Paper UPD DENG LG 993 2005 E66 B358 Thesis