The Strategic Importance of Production & Production Processes.
Technology and the Production Process.
The Location Decision
The Job Of Production Managers
Controlling the Production Process & Importance of Quality
100
A system for manufacturing products in large quantities through effective combinations of employees, with specialized skills, mechanization, and standardization.
What is mass production.
100
The name of a voluntary certification program administrated by the U.S Green Building Council, aimed at promoting the most sustainable construction processes available
What is LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design)
100
If a manufacturing business wants to locate near a community they must first prepare this
What is Environmental Impact Study
100
Plan the overall production process, determine the best layout for the firm's facilities, Implement the production plan, control the manufacturing process to maintain the highest possible quality.
What is the four major tasks of production managers.
What are the five steps involved in controlling the production process
200
More cost-effective than mass production for producing smaller runs.
What is flexible production.
200
Machine capable of working in boring and dangerous environments
What is a robot.
200
3 factors that the location decision is based on
What is Transportation, Physical Factors, Human Factors
200
Groups machinery and equipment according to their functions
What is a process layout.
200
Creates a well-defined set of procedures for coordinating people, materials, and machinery to provide maximum production efficiency.
What is Production control
300
System that evaluates customer demands in order to make the connection between products manufactured and products bought.
What is customer-driven production.
300
CAD and CAM systems being linked together electronically to automatically transfer computerized designs into the production facilities help manufacturers save this
What is time and effort.
300
Water supply, energy, hazardous waste are part of these factors.
What is Physical factors
300
Also referred to as an assembly line, sets up production equipment along a product flow line, and the work in process moves along this line past workstations.
What is a product layout.
300
Phase where managers & employees spot problems.
What is follow up.
400
Process that generates finished products over a lengthy period of time.
What is the advantage of CIM (computer-integrated manufacturing)
400
Choosing whether to manufacture a product or component in house, purchase it from an outside supplier, or lease it .
What is the make ,buy, or lease decision.
400
good or service that is free of deficiencies
What is quality
500
Process that generates products in short production runs, shutting down machines frequently or changing their configurations to produce different products.
What is intermittent production process.
500
Moves in only two or three directions as it picks up something from one spot and places it in another
What is a pick-and-place robot.
500
Often located in warm climates so they can open, and attract visitors, year-round.
What is Theme Parks
500
Implements a broad management philosophy that reaches beyond the narrow activity of inventory control to influence the entire system of production and operations management.
What is a Just-in-time (JIT) system .
500
Organization whose mission is to develop and promote international standards for business,government, and society to facilitate global trade and cooperation.
What is International Organization for Standardization (ISO)