Production
The creation of products and services by turning inputs into outputs.
What is Production?
Uses computers to design and test products.
What is Computer-Aided-Design (CAD)?
Scheduling tool that identifies the longest, essential path.
What is Critical Path Method?
Quality process using data analysis to minimize errors.
What is Six Sigma?
Continuously updated stock list of levels, orders, and receipts.
What is Perpetual Inventory?
The manufacture of many identical goods at once.
What is Mass Production?
Uses computers to control the production process.
What is Computer-Aided-Manufacturing (CAM)?
Scheduling tool using 3 time estimates.
What is Program evaluation and review technique (PERT)?
Standards to promote environmentally friendly production.
What is ISO 14000?
Materials arrive exactly when needed in production.
What is Just-In-Time (JIT)?
A long-running production method without equipment shutdowns.
What is Continuous Process?
Linked systems combining design and manufacturing functions.
What are CAD/CAM Systems?
Bar graphs showing scheduled vs actual production timelines.
What is a Gantt Chart?
Company-wide use of quality principles.
What is Total Quality Management (TQM)?
Decides how much inventory to keep and tracks it.
What is Inventory Management?
A firm that produces goods in response to customer orders.
What is a Job Shop?
A decentralized public ledger of secure transactions.
What is Blockchain Technology?
Uses small self-contained units to complete production tasks.
What is Cellular Manufacturing?
Recognizes U.S. companies for world-class quality.
What is the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award?
Uses icons to show material/information flow from suppliers to buyers.
What is Value-stream mapping?
Combines or transforms inputs to create the output.
What is Assembly Input?
Combines robots and computerized systems.
What is Computer-Integrated Manufacturing?
Groups workers by similar tasks with work flowing through stations.
What is Process Layout?
Constantly seeking better, more efficient methods.
What is Continuous Improvement?
Coordinates every step from production to customer delivery.
What is Supply-Chain Management?