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20 Cards in this Set
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Fixed-Position Layout
(Project Organization) |
- all resources at a central location
- the product doesn't move e.g. building |
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Process Layout
(Intermittent Organization) |
organize into departments that group related processes
e.g. hospital |
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Product Layout
(Continuous Manufacturing Organizations) |
production is broken down into simple tasks assigned to workers, who are usually positioned along an assembly line
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Flexible Manufacturing
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the direction of machinery by computers to adapt to different versions of similar operations
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CAD
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Computer-assisted Design
design of components, products and processes on computers instead of on paper |
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CAM
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Computer-assisted Manufacturing
employs specialized computer systems to actually guide and control the transformation processes |
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CIM
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Computer-integrated Manufacturing
a complete system that designs products, manages machines and materials, and controls the operations functions |
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Supply Chain Management
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connect and integrate all parties of the distribution system in order to satisfy customers
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Purchasing
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buy all the materials needed
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Finished-Good Inventory
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per se
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Work-in-process Inventory
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per se
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Raw Materials Inventory
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per se
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Inventory Control
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determines how many supplies and goods are needed and keep track of quantities on hand, where each item is and who is responsible for it
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Economic Order Quantity Model
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identifies the optimum number of items to order to minimize the costs of managing them
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JIT Inventory Management
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use smaller quantities of materials that arrive "just in time," therefore require less storage and expenses
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Material-requirements Planning
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schedules the precise quantity of materials needed to make the product
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Outsourcing
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- contract of manufacturing or other tasks to independent companies
- cost-cutting, improved product quality, speed up the time |
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Routing
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sequences of operations through which the product must pass
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Scheduling
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assigns the tasks to be done to departments or machines, workers, or teams
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Quality Control
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the processes an organization uses to maintain its established quality standards
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