Process management in production systems

Abstract

Diversity of product i on systems translates into a high level of complexity in management because it concerns every organizational cell and all actions conducted there. Skillful management of production systems results in costs being reduced at every stage of the making of a product with respect to all the processes involved in it, from design, technical and organizational arrangement, appropriate production process, to stockpiling, distribution and servicing. Currently, with an increasing amount of data to be analyzed in all processes in order to arrive at the right decision, computer-assisted tools are beginning to play a significant role in the management of a company's systems. They are highly developed software containing units to deal with a company's business processes as well as original solutions often based on available Microsoft spreadsheets. Using these kind of tools results in eliminating losses, and hence, in the increased efficiency of the functioning of the system, and of the whole company. It is becoming vital to use a number of production systems management concepts, supported by various methods, techniques and devices allowing to increase the effectiveness of the processes and, by doing so, eliminating any losses in companies. The theme of the monograph includes research results in the four basie fields dealing with production systems management. They are: design of production systems management of production processes efficiency of production processes computer assistance in production processes We hope the knowledge included in the work turns out useful for theoreticians as well as practitioners researching the effecti veness of management in modern production systems.