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Applying the systems approach to resistant materials production saves time and effort. It helps you to plan your work, control its quality, and produce multiple components or products conforming to a single specification.
An important part of production planning is organising the work environment in such a way that your time will be used efficiently, and that no-one's safety is put at risk.
Basic production systems
A system is a set of components [components: The different elements that make up a system or device. ] arranged in the order needed to carry out a particular function - in this case designing and making a product. Systems can consist of mechanical, electrical, electronic, pneumatic [pneumatic: powered by air under pressure ] or hydraulic [hydraulic: powered by the movement of water or another liquid ] components. Some systems will combine components from more than one of these groups.
Key parts of a system
- input - whatever goes into the system
- process - where various kinds of operation take place, resulting in an...
- output - whatever is produced by the system; and finally
- feedback - where information about the output is used to change the input, or change the process, or start up another system.
This diagram shows how these elements interact:
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