Finalising the scenario - Descrete / REM

Question

Hi
Can anyone please explain how to decide whether a Descrete scenario or a REM scenario is applicable. What are the main deciding factors for finalising the scenario?
Regards
Amit Parkhi

Answer 1

Hi,
The major difference between Discrete & REM is
Discrete: Here the production is not in continuous flow, and you might require different routings or say different methods to produce the material, it means there is frequent change in the process and also the amount that you are going to produce is not huge.  For example : you want to produce PET bottles, it can be of different shapes, with different designs, with different designs; and let's say you produce them in smaller quantities then you have different ways of producing them, so your production takes breaks in between to produce different PET bottles.
REM: Here the production is continuous, and there is not frequent change in the production of the material. The production quantity is also in bulk. Also the routing remain the same. For example: A bottling plant of coca-cola, if you have come across the kind of their process we can term it as REM, because the process is pretty continuious.
I hope this clears your doubt.
Regards,
Abhijeet Guha