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INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES LESSON 1 - INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCTION SYSTEMS OVERVIEW OF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS The process of new product development consists of five phases: - market analysis, we collect information about the customer needs - product design, we define the product characteristics that satisfy the customer needs - process planning, we determine the sequence of operations and the resources needed to produce the product, but also key parameters (ex: time) - production system design, we design the production system based on the process planning - production The supply chain is made of three main processes: procurement, production, distribution. We will focus on the production, which represents the intersection between the new product development process and the supply chain. A production process is a set of activities required to produce goods or services delivered to the market by a company. We will focus on the manufacturing of physical goods. The set of activities is organized in a specific sequence in order to obtain the final output. The inputs of the production process are production factors while the outputs are products and services. Production factors include operators, equipment, materials, energy, data and information, money. A production system is a subsystem of the company. It uses resources as inputs to provide products and services in order to satisfy the customer needs and the objectives established by the company’s strategy. In short words, the production system defines where the production process takes place. A production plant is a physical plant where the production system is established. It can be an entire factory or a part of it (the factory can be divided into different production plants). RELEVANT INFORMATION TO PRODUCTION SYSTEMS Product…