In production, simplification can be done at two places namely (i) for product or) for work. Simplification in product development is used for products; In fact simplification should be done before standardization.
In the words of F. Clark and Carrie, “simplification in an enterprise connotes the elimination of excessive and undesirable or ‘marginal lines’ of product to hammer out waste and to attain economy connotes the elimination of excessive and undesirable or ‘marginal lines’ of product to hammer out waste and to attain economy coupled with the main object of improving quality and reducing costs and prices leading to increased sales.”
W.R Spiegel and R.H Lansburg also defines,” Simplification refers to the elimination of superfluous varieties, size dimensions etc.” Simplification can be advantageous to both producer and the consumer of a product. These can be listed as:
To the producer:
• Eliminates surplus use of materials to provide economy in production cost.
• More production increases the inventory size which avoids delays in supply.
• Less obsolescence of materials and machinery.
• Due to simplification in operation the efficiency of the production process increase and this leads to more productive due to scope of better training and learning facility with simplification operation.
• Human efforts become more productive due to scope of better training and learning facility with simplified operation.
• After-sales service prospects are minimized.
• Production planning and control operations become easy and simple.
• Reduction in cost of production leads to more sales.
To jobber-wholesalers and detailers:
• Increased turn over.
• Sales effort on fewer items.
• Reduction in storage space4.
• Less overheads and handling expenditures.
