Manufacturing Engineering Management Techniques

The manufacturing function cannot just exist; it must have a stated reason for being. A manufacturing organization exists to make its company's products as specified in the company's strategic and business plan. Butjust making the product is not enough; it must make the product so that the company can make a profit. To do less would result in a situation where the firm itself would eventually cease to exist. Therefore stated reasons or justifications for existence must be both generic and specific. It is the definitions and explanations of these generic and specific reasons for existence that lead to the management techniques employed in all manufacturing subfunctions. In this chapter we will thoroughly explore these reasons for existence to understand how they translate into specific management techniques applicable to manufacturing engineering.