Faculty of Engineering
Production Engineering Department
PED 351– Facilities Planning and Material Handling
Summer 2023
Assignment 1: Process Design
1. Develop a parts list, bill of materials, an assembly chart, and a route sheet for the clipboard shown
in Figure 1 and determine the components (parts) that will be purchased and the ones that will be
made withing the facility.
Clipboard
Top clip (1) Bottom clip (1)
Pivot (1) Spring (1)
Rivets (2)
Finished clipboard Pressboard (1)
Figure 1: A finished clipboard and its components
2. Develop a parts list, bill of materials, an assembly chart, and a route sheet for a knife shown in
Figure 2 and determine the components (parts) that will be purchased and the ones that will be
made withing the facility.
Figure 2: Knife parts
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