Machine efficiency and man power utilization on production lines

Efficiency of industrial production lines is crucial as it results in an improved production and utilization of available resources. Factors contributing to production line efficiency are manpower utilization and machine efficiency. Measuring the machine efficiency and man power utilization should be on-line, accurate and truthful. The management should be able to look for relevant production data and to accurately interpret these data in order to identify the various faults at production level and to immediately take steps to improve efficiency. However, faults are overwritten and reports are retouched with inaccurate information. An accurate and on line data management system can ensure that these problems are overcome. Key-Words: Machine efficiency, man power utilization, industrial production line, data management system. 1 Production system in industries A production line is a set of sequential process established on an industrial shop floor. A production process or a manufacturing process is the transformation of raw materials or components into finished products. The stages in a production process involve procurement, fabrication, assembly, testing, packaging and distribution. The production or manufacturing lines in industries can be categories into three type’s i.e. automated production lines, semi-automated production lines and manual production lines.The nature of a production line depends on the complexity of the manufacturing parts, the production volume, the sensitivity of the product and cost. Industries’ management plan and layout their production lines according to specific production requirements. Modernization of industries introduced new technologies to ease human on the production lines. Industries have installed machineries to assist workers. This is known as semiautomated process lines. Automated process lines are designed to operate with fewer workers. This can cut cost in the long run. A fully automated process line is designed to fulfill mass production output and is ideally suited to serve large. Machineries for automated production process such as robots are capable of working for long duration at a consistent rate of production output. Thus, such process lines demand expert and professional people in designing and maintaining the