Production logistics
In business administration, the term production logistics as part of production and logistics describes the planning, management and control of internal transport , handling and storage processes. It is closely linked to the other logistics modules. A core of production logistics is formed by layout planning .
term
If we see production logistics as part of the logistics chain , the following definition arises: "Production logistics is based on the higher-level company logistics , the entirety of the tasks and their derived measures to ensure an optimal flow of information, material and value in the transformation process of production . "Production logistics represent the link between procurement and distribution logistics and the manufacture of the products.
tasks
Production logistics has the task of ensuring that the production processes are supplied with the required production factors and their disposal in a manner that is coordinated in terms of type and quantity, in terms of space and time. All goods stocks and goods movements within the production sites are controlled and monitored.
Production logistics has a flow-related coordination function within the framework of production management . It should help to achieve improvements, simplifications and savings in the production area.
In detail it concerns:
- Improvement of customer-oriented production
- Increase in flexibility in production
- Reduction of lead times
- Reduction of stocks
- optimal design of the transport routes in production
- Reducing range wide, variant number and variety of parts
- Improvement of the lot sizes
- Harmonization of capacity
- Lowering the manufacturing costs
- sensible combination of in- house production and external procurement ( make-or-buy )
One example of a strategic task in production logistics is layout planning. An example of a tactical task is choosing the means of transport . An example of an operational task is the initiation of transport orders.
strategy
The primary goal of production logistics is to align production to market needs and the overarching goals of a company. To achieve these goals, manufacturing concepts such as the manufacturing island were developed. They should help to optimally design the production planning and production control processes and to create favorable framework conditions for them.
Influencing variables
A distinction must be made between the following main influencing variables in production logistics:
- Product development
- Product structure
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Production structure
- Manufacturing structure in manufacturing-oriented production
- Process structure in process-oriented production
content
As production logistics has a flow-related coordination function, the following functions are not used by production logistics alone. The technical planning, the organization, the work preparation etc. are significantly involved in the design of the tasks.
- Layout planning
- Production Planning and Control
- Draft of organizational concepts: MRP I , MRP II , OPT , JIT , Kanban , progress figures concept , network plan technology .
literature
- Hans-Otto Günther and Horst Tempelmeier , Production and Logistics. 8th edition. Berlin (Springer) 2009, ISBN 978-3-642-00379-0 .
- Herbert Jodlbauer, production optimization, value creation and customer-oriented planning and control . 2nd edition Vienna New York, 2008. - ISBN 978-3-211-78140-1 .
- Chapter 17.3 Production logistics in basics of procurement, production and logistics from Kummer, Grün, Jammernegg, Pearson Studium 2006, ISBN 978-3-8273-7227-7
