Characteristics of discrete industries

Characteristics of discrete industries:?

Discrete industry is mainly to change and assemble the physical form of raw materials, make them into products and increase their value. Mainly including machining, machine tools and other processing and assembly industries. Typical products include automobiles, computers and household appliances. Discrete industrial production units and sales units are unified. The specific features are as follows:

1. Product structure?

The product structure of discrete manufacturing enterprises can be described by the concept of tree, and the final product must be composed of a fixed number of parts or components. These relationships are very clear and fixed. ?

2. Process flow?

Order-oriented discrete manufacturing has the characteristics of multi-variety and small batch. Therefore, the layout of production equipment is not based on the product, but on the process. For example, the position of machine tools is arranged according to turning, grinding, planing and milling. The technological process of each product may be different, and there are many machine tools that can carry out the same processing technology. Therefore, it is necessary to schedule the processed materials and carry the intermediate products. Discrete manufacturing industries facing inventory and mass production, such as automobile industry, arrange production equipment according to process.

3. Material library

The raw materials of discrete industrial enterprises are mainly solid, and the products are also solid. So warehouses are mostly indoor warehouses or outdoor open-air warehouses. ?

4. Automation level?

Because discrete manufacturing enterprises are 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. Therefore, the discrete manufacturing industry is also a personnel-intensive industry with a relatively low level of automation. ?

5. Production planning management?

As a typical discrete manufacturing enterprise is mainly engaged in single piece and small batch production, the technological process of products often changes, so it needs good planning. Discrete industries are suitable for organizing production according to orders. Because it is difficult to predict when the order will arrive, the planning of purchasing and production workshop needs a good production planning system, especially a computer. As long as the plan is proper, the benefit of the plan is quite high in the discrete manufacturing industry. ?

The characteristics of discrete industries determine the differences of ERP in discrete industries and the needs of process industries.