Methodologies for the structured development and documentation of manufacturing planning and control systems
Year: 2000
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Computerised Manufacturing Planning and Control, (MPC), systems are used by many \nmanufacturing organisations and there has been a significant amount of research into the \nimplementation and use of these systems. It is apparent that these systems, once \nimplemented, require continuous development to meet changing business requirements. \nWhat is not well understood is the optimal approach for this development process. This \nthesis presents the findings of a collaborative industrial research project that addresses \nthis issue. The collaborative partner was Ferodo Ltd., Chapel-en-le-Frith, a leading \nautomotive friction product manufacturer. The project was conducted under the Total \nTechnology scheme. \nA review of the development of MPC systems is presented. This review considers three \napproaches to MPC; Manufacturing Resource Planning, (MRPII), Just in Time, (JIT) \nand Optimised Production Technology, (OPT). It is shown that whilst there is diversity \nbetween these approaches and their application in industry, there is convergence between \ntheir data structure requirements. The work presented in this thesis is based around the \nMRPII package used within Ferodo. The research concentrated on defining \nmethodologies for structured systems development, with two main themes:- \n1. The development of a multi-stage methodology to assist in the appropriate choice \nof systems development technique for creation of an effective manufacturing \ndatabase. \n2. Following on from the above, the thesis identifies the need for structured, \nhierarchical documentation to accompany a manufacturing database. A \nmethodology for creation of this documentation is presented which is based on a \npre-defined, top level, template. The methodology uses modelling techniques and \ndefines four levels of documentation to help system developers derive \ncomprehensive documentation from this template. Intranet technology is \nproposed as a mechanism for providing general access to this documentation. \nProposals for further work are presented which include additional testing of the systems \ndevelopment methodology and creation of templates for different industrial scenarios.
Author: M. D. Stirling
Language: English
Subfield: Management Information Systems
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1602176730