Appendix :( Flashcards

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The technical core:

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Heart of the organization, production of process/service.

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Manufacturing organizations:

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Produce physical goods, goods inventoried for later consumption, quality measured directly, standardized output, production process removed from consumer.

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Service organizations:

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Produce nonphysical outputs, simultaneous production and consumption, quality perceived and difficult to measure, customized output, consumer participates in production process.

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Facilities layout product:

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All equipment and materials that relate to a specific function are grouped together.

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Facilities layout cellular:

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People and equipment are grouped into cells that perform all the tasks needed to serve a specific client.

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Facilities layout fixed position:

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The product remains in one location, and employees and equipment are brought to it.

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Types of inventory:

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Finished-goods inventory, work-in-process inventory, raw materials inventory.

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7
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Inventory management is ______ to an organization because it costs _____.

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Vital, money

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8
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Economic order quantity is EQQ, the most _______ amount to order of a good.

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Economic

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Enterprise resource planning:

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Integrates and optimizes business processes, provides info to entire enterprise, links all areas of activities, customers/suppliers are linked into exchange, ERP can cut costs/shorten cycle time/enhance productivity/improve relationships.

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Enterprise Resource Planning Network features:

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Inventory management, sales, financial and accounting, human resources, purchasing, distribution, manufacturing.

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Increasing efficiency of E-businesses:

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Strategies can increase productivity and cut costs, companies use twitter to forecast sales, can prompt significant productivity gains, service organizations are using internet to negotiate and save money.

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