Guideline for Production Ramp-Ups by using a Project Management Approach

Abstract

Production Ramp-Ups on manufacturing environment represents one of the biggest challenges on manufacturing environments. These days, manufacturing environments are very dynamic. Based on the previous mentioned characteristics of production ramp-up, this study has focused on the creation of a management guidelines to provide to managers tools that will help them target the requirements during production ramp-ups. These tools will help them to breakdown the process in a set of detail steps with the required time to complete these tasks. Most of the techniques discussed have been adopted from the Project Management Discipline. Project Management Discipline has been developed to manage tasks or projects that are unique each one from the other, creating a very challenging environment with a high degree of uncertainty. Key Terms ⎯ Execution Phase, Evaluation Phase, Work Break Down Structure, Gantt Chart.