Building Production Management Techniques: An Introduction through a Systems Approach

by Moore,David R.

• ISBN13: 9780582357044
• ISBN10: 0582357047
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-08-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Building Production Management Techniques provides an innovative approach to dealing with the universal problems of time, cost and quality of construction projects.[S1] The book provides an introduction to a number of management techniques that can be applied to the problems of production presented by the diverse, heavy, large and geographically distributed products typical of construction everywhere. As well as recognised and tried and tested management techniques, the authors have introduced a number of techniques which may not have been considered by the construction industry to date.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction to systems thinking	1	(12)
Definitions for key terms	1	(1)
Planning, analysis, control (PAC)	2	(5)
Imports, conversion, export (ICE)	7	(4)
System organisation structures	11	(1)
Conclusions	12	(1)
Self-test questions	12	(1)
Planning techniques for defining production systems	13	(21)
The value of the planning process	13	(2)
Setting the project objectives	15	(4)
How many subsystems make a system?	19	(4)
Individual system configuration - is it complete?	23	(1)
Required system imports	24	(6)
Resource scheduling	30	(3)
Conclusions	33	(1)
Self-test questions	33	(1)
Analysis techniques for optimising production systems	34	(52)
External environmental forces	34	(3)
Internal environment forces	37	(5)
Buildability	42	(12)
Optimisation of the production system	54	(1)
Lockstep optimisation	55	(18)
Inventory and stock control	73	(9)
Implementation	82	(1)
Conclusions	83	(1)
Self-test questions	84	(2)
Control techniques for implemented production systems	86	(54)
Defining control	86	(4)
Budgetary cost control	90	(8)
Interim payments	98	(13)
Standard costing	111	(17)
The Gantt chart	128	(3)
Line of balance	131	(4)
Quality control	135	(2)
Conclusions	137	(1)
Self-test questions	137	(3)
Designing an appropriate organisation structure for production	140	(18)
External environment factors	140	(8)
Internal environment factors	148	(7)
Meeting the production objectives	155	(1)
Conclusions	156	(1)
Self-test questions	157	(1)
Conclusion	158	(2)
Key considerations	158	(1)
The future	159	(1)
References	160	(3)
Recommended further reading	163	(2)
Glossary of terms	165	(3)
Self-test model answers	168	(9)
Index	177