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35 Cards in this Set
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Manufacturing processes, Manufacturing system, Materials management, People management, Quality management |
5 important components for manufacturing operation |
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Facilities manager, Production Line manager, Materials manager |
Whom among those under the manufacturing director are directly involved in the production process? |
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Quality manager, IT manager |
Whom among those under the manufacturing director are NOT directly involved in the production process? |
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Procurement manager, Inventory manager, Scheduling manager |
Who are under the materials manager? |
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Experience curve |
It describes how cost varies with volume |
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Manufacturing technology |
Refers to the application of various processes, techniques and tools for transforming raw materials into finished goods on a large scale |
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Manufacturing technology |
Its goal is to efficiently and cost-effectively produce high-quality goods |
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Job-lot or one-off, batch, mass, continuous or process |
What are the 4 types of production system? |
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Job-lot or one-off production |
Requires careful planning, with limited opportunity to learn between projects |
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Batch production |
A batch of a given product is built, after which the manufacturing equipment is set up for a run on a second product |
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Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) |
Provide several advantages in an environment where customer requirements are changing |
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Mass production |
The same product is made continuously on a dedicated production line |
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Organization’s strategic goals, resources available to the company, product market characteristics |
The Three Element of the Strategy |
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Organization’s strategic goals |
Aims to meet differing customer requirements in order to target niche market |
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Resources available to the company |
Include resources both outside and within the org |
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Product market characteristics |
Market demands that products are changed frequently may be necessary to build in small batch sizes |
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Global operation |
Refers to the strategic planning, coordination, and optimization of engineering activities within the global and complex operational environment |
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Logistics |
The total concept encompassing the flow of goods from the supplier through manufacturing plant and out to the customer |
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Logistics |
Covers procurement, goods receiving, work in progress, stock control, finished goods stores and distribution to the customers |
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Just In Time (JIT) and Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) |
2 types of materials control techniques |
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Equipment set-up cost |
Determines the size of the batch production |
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Organization’s strategic goals, resources available to the company, product market characteristics |
The Three Elements of Strategy |
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Materials Requirements Planning |
A method for ordering and scheduling materials needed for production and extended to other areas |
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Materials Requirements Planning |
Often referred as manufacturing resource planning |
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Quality |
Used for products or services if they meet the expectation of the customer |
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Business objectives, Applications review, Technology choice, Transition plan |
Major steps in IT projects |
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Information quality, Financial control, Operations control, communications, executive teamwork, decision making, organizational structures |
Give at least 3 benefits of IT system |
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Mass production |
The same product is made continuously on a dedicated production line |
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Continuous or process production |
Associated with chemical and oil industries where the plant runs continuously with the same inputs & outputs and little operator intervention is needed |
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One-off |
Most prone to risk |
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Continuous |
Most standardized process |
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One-off |
Has the most management discretion |
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Continuous |
Requires the most constancy of resources |
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One-off |
Involves management decisions the most |
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ContinuousF |
Has the most impact on market changes |
