Producibility Engineering and Planning for Tray Pack Foods

摘要

The primary objective of this project was to carry out a Producibility, Engineering, and Planning (PEP) analysis of production systems for the manufacture of Tray Pack foods for Military field feeding use. Existing production capacities of Tray Pack foods, current manufacturing processes, and automated equipment and technologies have been examined in this PEP analysis in order to evaluate the ways and means of meeting Tray Pack demand. The report documents the on-site visits, observations, and subsequent analysis of the PEP teams' visit to six producers of Tray Pack foods. In essence, the report documents a number of deficiencies in the system for manufacturing technologies and operations currently employed by producers. Problems, issues and recommendations center on engineering and planning, engineering design, and engineering control of Tray Pack foods. It was concluded that unless action is taken to improve manufacturing technologies and operations, desired production volumes for Tray Packs will not likely be achieved.