modular homes production process The completed circle
The completed circle of modular homes production operations from the first to the last in the manufacture of products is called the modular homes production cycle.
Due to the fact that the modular homes production process in Canada takes place in time and space, the modular homes production cycle in Australia can be measured by the length of the path of movement of the product and its components and the time during which the product goes through the entire processing path. The length of the modular homes production cycle is not a line, but a wide strip on which machines, equipment, inventory, etc. are placed; therefore, in practice, in most cases, it is not the length of the path that is determined, but the area and volume of the premises in which modular homes production is located.
The calendar time interval from the beginning of the first modular homes production operation to the end of the last is called the time duration of the product’s modular homes production cycle. Cycle duration is measured in days, hours, minutes, seconds, depending on the type of product and the stage of processing by which the cycle is measured.
The duration of the modular homes production cycle includes three stages:
processing time (working period)
modular homes production maintenance time
breaks.
The working period is a period of time during which there is a direct impact on the object of labor either by the worker himself or by machines and mechanisms under his control, as well as the time of natural processes that occur in the product without the participation of people and equipment.
The time of natural processes is a period of working time when the object of labor changes its characteristics without the direct influence of humans or mechanisms. For example, air drying a painted product or cooling a heated product, growing in fields and ripening plants, fermentation of certain products, etc.
Technological maintenance time includes:
product quality control;
control of operating modes of machines and equipment, their adjustment and adjustment, minor repairs;
cleaning the workplace;
delivery of workpieces, materials, acceptance and cleaning of processed products.
Break time is the time during which there is no impact on the subject of labor and there is no change in its quality characteristics, but the product is not yet finished and the modular homes production process is not completed. There are breaks: regulated and unregulated.
Regulated breaks are divided into interoperational (intra-shift) and inter-shift (related to the work schedule).
Unregulated breaks are associated with downtime of equipment and workers for reasons unforeseen by the operating mode (lack of raw materials, equipment breakdown, absenteeism of workers, etc.). In the modular homes production cycle, unregulated breaks are included in the form of a correction factor or are not taken into account.