ProDuCtion-manaGEmEnt-生产管理.doc

Production management 生产管理 Printing is a manufacturing industry and，as such，has the same inherent problems as other industries operating to produce a product. An integral position in the managerial organization of a firm producing a product or products is that of production manager. The duties involved in production management are quite varied and include the responsibility for the efficient operations of the production facilities of the firm. In every print shop, someone must have responsibility for the machines and operative personnel. 印刷业属于加工制造业。因此，如同其他有能力生产某种产品的工业一样有着相同的内在问题。在一个生产一种或多种产品的生产企业里，其管理组织结构中心不可少的一个职务就是生产经理。生产管理所负责的范围很广，其中包括企业生产设施的有效运营这一 项责任。在每一个印刷厂里都必须有人对机器和操作人员负责。 Some specific duties include making sure deadlines are met, quality is maintained, workmen and machines are working, maintenance and repairs are made. In a small shop, these functions will probably fall on the owner or manager. As plants become larger, the duties become great enough that the job becomes the sole responsibility of one individual, or is apportioned to a number of individuals. The importance of the job of production management and the person entrusted with it cannot be overstressed. The production manager is possibly the most significant person in the organization involving its ability to achieve manufacturing and service objectives. The inherent duties of the job of production manager are primarily managerial in nature. The production manager should be managerially inclined yet linked closely to factory techniques and operations. The production manager is the key link between upper management and factory workers. His duties include close liaison with technical men and women of the plant, coordination with management， and the implementation of policy. The position is a critical one, depending on the quality of work done by the production manager, he can literally make or break a firm. A good one is a tremendous asset and should be rewarded. A poor or mediocre one must be tr