Manufacturing Questions

It's important here to focus on the word "implemented". "There's nothing wrong with having a thousand great ideas, but if the only place they live is on your notepad what's the point? Better still you need a good ending. If your previous company took your advice and ended up going bankrupt, that's not such a great example either.Be prepared with a story about an idea of yours that was taken from idea to implementation and considered successful.

Just-in-time,or lean manufacturing, is a production management philosophy built around the continuous reduction of waste. It is suited for businesses where production efficiency is key. Anything that interferes with productivity is waste and,therefore, the enemy under JIT systems. Techniques that support JIT philosophy include reducing inbound inventory by creating supplier delivery schedules, minimizing outbound stock with customer delivery schedules and constant work in-house reducing scrap material and wasted man-hours. These techniques improve cash flow and maximize sales margins.

Hopefully if you're applying for this position you have bags of related experience and if that's the case you should mention it all. But if you're switching careers or trying something a little different, your experience may initially not look like it's matching up. That's when you need a little honest creativity to match the experiences required with the ones you have. People skills are people skills after all, you just need to show how customer service skills can apply to interrnal management positions, and so on. 

Flow control, also called optimized production technology, focuses on the efficient flow of material through the production process. The philosophy of flow control focuses on bottlenecks. For example, an owner using flow control will not buy a machine capable of 1,000 units an hour if supply 500 units. Examine systems and determine where lowest flow is experienced, then address that point and make sure it operates at full capacity. Flow control applies well where maximum productivity is required.

A given quantity of finished goods requires a given quantity of raw materials and components to make them. Materials requirement planning systems to make them. Materials requirements planning systems are computerized tools that manage when materials must be ordered to supply production at a later date. MRP is effective when output quantities are known.Small business owners are often their own MRP systems,storing the information needed to supply prodution in their knowledge and experience. Activities such as computer tracking inventory and forecasting demand are MRP activities.

In general, we know that Effective teamwork yields high productivity which is a good indications of positive productivity goals.

Six sigma is a data-driven technique and way for eliminating defects in any progress from product to service and from manufacturing to transactional.

Lean Manufacturing: catching the concept of JIT(Just-in-time) and re-examines it from the client point of view. Anything that is made should put something of valuable to the client’s requirement. For example, if you are manufacturing stereo system for a luxury car, you will imagine from the customer point of view like space occupancy, durability, sound quality, medium or loud sound, etc.

  JIT (Just-in-Time):  This methodology is described to provide that a product or part would arrive just in time to be used. This method saves the price of the unused inventory, and eject the need of piling up inventory.