Industry characteristics of machinery industry

From the production characteristics, we can see that the main characteristics of machinery manufacturing industry are decentralized, process-oriented and assembly-oriented. Taking the equipment manufacturing industry as an example, the production mode is generally composed of a single component, which belongs to a typical discrete industry. Although automobile manufacturing processes, such as die casting and surface treatment, belong to the flow category, most of them are discrete. Based on the above industry characteristics, the machinery industry has the following characteristics in the process of production and operation:

1, the formulation of production plan and the management of production tasks are heavy.

Typical discrete machinery manufacturing enterprises are mainly engaged in single piece and small batch production, and the technological process of products often changes. Because they mainly organize production according to orders, it is difficult to predict when orders will arrive. Therefore, the planning of purchasing and production workshop needs a good production planning system.

2. The level of automation is relatively low.

Because mechanical manufacturing enterprises are mainly discrete processing, the quality and productivity of products depend largely on the technical level of workers, and automation is mainly at the unit level, such as CNC machine tools and flexible manufacturing systems.

3. The process flow is simple and clear, the process route is flexible, and the coordination of manufacturing resources is difficult.

The product structure of machinery industry is clear and definite. The product structure of machinery manufacturing enterprises can be described by the concept of number, and the final product must be composed of a fixed number of parts or components. These relationships are very clear and fixed. The characteristics of order-based machinery manufacturing industry are multi-variety and small batch. Therefore, the layout of production equipment in machinery manufacturing industry is generally not by product but by process, and the process of each product may be different. In addition, there are many machine tools that can perform the same machining process. Therefore, it is necessary to schedule the processed materials and carry the intermediate products.