A Study of the System Matrix Method for Design of Production Management Systems

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to propose the system matrix method for design of production management systems. The system matrix is composed of (i) composition, operation; (j) output, process, input; (k) function, man-machine; (l) set, degree, interaction of elements. Each column in the matrix is discribed as e_<ijkl>. At first, we set up the suffix to e_<1111>. So, we should make up the list of functions about output composition. And then, we change the suffix in the order that suffix l is first, next k, and j, last i. Such ordering rule is important for a systematic approach to thinking about systems design.