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100
A clothing manufacturer uses a computerised design tool that combines virtual fabrics, buttons and zippers to formulate clothing design ideas.
Which type of technology is being used?
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
100
I describe the organisation of facilities around how goods are made?
process layout
100
When a business adjusts amounts made in line with anticipated sales, which operations process is it responding to?
Volume
Variety
Variation in demand
Visibility (customer contact)
C. Variation in demand
100
Flylo is an international aircraft manufacturer. To build its aircrafts, Flylo's employees move around the aircraft.
Which type of workplace layout is shown here?
Fixed position layout
100
Process layout is when machines and equipment are grouped together according to
A. sequence of operations
B. schedule of operations
C. employees who use them
D. function they perform
D. function they perform
200
One advantage of using robotics?
One disadvantage of using robotics
Advantage: increase speed, quality, efficiency, productivity, contribute to cost leadership due to EOS
Disad - high investment costs, impact on employment - may need to make staff redundant
200
An office manager is deciding how much time to allocate to different tasks. which operations process is being carried out?
Scheduling
200
Which workplace layout is typically used for mass-produced goods?
Give an example
Product layout
200
Name the critical path AND the number of days of the critial path
The length of the critical path is 20 days! So the path is ACEGIK. Remember, even though the critical path identifies the shortest time to complete all activities in a project, you should always choose the longest path, because this allows all the activities to be completed, and not just some.
200
If a new piece of technology is introduced and activity G is reduced to 1 day, what is now the length of the critical path?
18 days
our critical path is now ACDJK, which is 18 days! So the length of G has been reduced by 3 days, which means the length of path ACEGIK reduces to 17 days. But now this isn't the longest path anymore. So our path changes to 18 days because this is now the longest length of time to complete the project,
300
TWO costs associated with new technologies
Purchase cost
Retraining costs
Redundancy costs
300
Which factor affects the four Vs?
A. Business supply
B. Market Demand
C. Cost
D. Production scheduling
B. Market Demand
300
What are the 4 V's?
Volume
Variety
Visibility
Variation in demand
300
Which combination would reduce operating costs?
A. Low volume, high variety, high visibility, low variation in demand
B. High volume, high visibility, high variety, high variation in demand
C. High volume, low variety, low variation in demand, low visibility
D. Low volume, low variety, low visibility, low variation in demand
C
300
In the lead up to Christmas, Toys R Us increases its stock of toys.
Which of the four Vs is influencing their operations process?
Variation in demand
400
Name 3 types of established technology in manufacturing.
Give an example of a business using this type of technolgoy
CAD
CAM
Robotics
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Assembly line
400
1. I am the most innovative or advanced technology currently availabile. I speed up production and reduce error and waste.
2. I am software that controls the production process
3. I am the order in wich a process is efficiently performed
4. I am facilities. what type of input am I?
1. Leading edge technology
2. Computor Aided manufacturing
3. sequencing
4. transforming resources
400
the influence of volume, variety, variation in demand and visibility (____________________)
– _____________________ – Gantt charts, critical path analysis
– technology, _______and process _____
– monitoring, control and improvement
1. customer contact
2. sequencing and scheduling
3. task design
4. layout
400
Explain the difference between legal requirements and ethical responsibility
- Legal requires require busiensses to....
- Ethical responsibility means......
Legal requirements require businesses to comply with applicable laws and regulations. Penalties for breaches act as a deterrent
Ethical responsibility sees businesses meeting all of their legal obligations going over and above the law. Some businesses go further than adhering to the minimum legal requirements demonstrating a commitment to ethical responsibility.
400
What is outsourcing.
What is an ethical disadvantage of outsourcing. Give an example
Outsourcing involves the use of outside specialists to undertake one or more key business functions.
Onshore outsourcing - use of domestic businesses.Offshore outsourcing involves taking the activities to a provider in another country.
KEY POINT! This third party can be a screen behind which many global businesses hide
Apple, NIke, have been linked to forced labour in China
500
What is globalisation?
What is positive implicaiton of globalisation for operations?
What is a negative implicaiton of globalisation for operations
Globalisation refers to the ability of nations to trade with each other. It has enabled increased integration between economies allowing businesses to transfer capital, labour, intellectual property, financial resources and technology between countries
POSITIVE IMPLICATION: a source of market opportunities for exporting outputs and importing inputs
NEGATIVE IMPLICATION; can be a threat as other businesses that apply cost-leadership principles can undercut the market and dominate.
500
3 ways a B can achive Cost leadership via economies of scale
Buying inputs at a lower cost per unit by buying in BULK
Using more TECHNOLOGY and machinery which increases efficiency
STANDARDISING (making identical products). Usually involves mass producing items on an assembly line, in high volume, with no variety and at a low cost per unit.
500
1. 3 ways operations can differentiate goods
2. ways operations can differentiate services
1. Colour; Product Features;Product Quality (think Apple v Acer);Augmented features e.g. cars - can fit non standard features e.g. a spoiler, leather seating etc.
2. Varying the amount of time spent on a services; varying the level of expertise brought to a service.varying the qualifications and experience of the service provider.
500
3 ways an operations manager can achieve cost based compeittion
sourcing lower costs supplies
buying in bulk
standardised products
using technology