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Manufacturing Information System.

Q1. Define Manufacturing Information System?

· It supports all production function.

· It supports all Operations function.

· Includes all activities relating to planning and control of the processes producing goods of services.

· Information systems used to plan monitor and control inventories, purchases and flow of goods & services.

Q2. Define the Computer integrated manufacturing?

· Computer integrated manufacturing is an overall concept that satisfies following objectives of Computer-based system in manufacturing.

· It simplifies production process and product design.

· The production process is automatic.

· It integrates all production process.

Q3. What is the goal of Computer integrated manufacturing?

· The goal of the Computer integrated manufacturing is to create a

1) Flexible.

2) Responsive and

3) Manufacturing Process.

· Those efficiently produce products of the highest quality.

Q4 Define the Material Requirements Planning?

· The manufacturing information system is used to help for plan the types of material needed in the production process is called a Material requirements planning.

Q5. Define the Manufacturing resource planning?

· Computer integrated manufacturing is also used to integrate material requirement planning with production scheduling and shop floor operations which is known as manufacturing resource planning.

Q6. Define Computer aided manufacturing?

· Computer aided manufacturing system are those that automate the production process.

Q7. Define Manufacturing execution system?

· Manufacturing execution system is performance monitoring Information system for factory operation.

· They monitor, track and control component involved in a production process.

· Manufacturing execution system includes:-

1) Shop floor scheduling and control.

2) Machine control and

3) Robotics control.

Q8. What are the benefits of using Computer integrate manufacturing?

· Flexibility to production process.

· Improved utilization of production facilities.

· Higher productivity.

· Better quality control from continuous monitoring.

· Improved customer satisfaction by quickly producing products to customer order.

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Q9. Define Process control?

· Use of computers to control physical process.

· E.g. In petroleum, refineries, cements plants, steel mills, chemical plants, paper mills etc.

· It requires use of special sensing devices that measure temperature, pressure etc. continuously which are converted to digital form and relayed to computer for processing.

Q10. Define Machine Control?

· Use of computer to control the actions of a machine.

· Also known as numerical control.

· Machine control program converts geometric data from engineering drawing and instruction from process control into a numerical code machine tool.

· It may use a special purpose computer called programmable logic’s controllers (PLC’s).

Q11. Define Computer-aided Engineering?

· It is used to stimulate, analyze and evaluate design of products developed by CAD methods.

· In the computer-aided engineering initial drawing is refined and 3D graphics are provided.

Keywords: - Manufacturing Information System, Information System, Management Information System, Computer integrated manufacturing, Computer-aided Engineering, Material Requirements Planning.