ba 101 midterm 2 Flashcards
production management
all the activities managers engage in to help firms create goods
operations management
a specialized area in management that converts or transforms resources into goods and services
operations management includes
Inventory management
Quality control
Production scheduling
Follow-up services
the production process Inputs
Land
Labor
Materials
Capital
Entrepreneurship
Knowledge
the production process production control
Planning
Routing
Scheduling
Dispatching
Follow-up
the production process outputs
Goods
Services
Ideas
assembly process
the part of production that puts together components
process manufacturing
the part of production that physically or chemically changes materials
continuous processes
long production runs turn out finished goods over time
Intermittent Processes
production runs are short & the producer adjusts machines frequently to make different products
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
the use of computers in the deisgn of products
Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
the use of computers in the manufacturing of products
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)
Uniting of CAD with CAM
nanomanufacturing
can manipulate material on molecular level
modular layout
teams produce more complex units of final product
assembly line layout
workers do only a few tasks at a time
fixed-position layout
allows workers to congregate around product
just-in-time (JiT) inventory control
production process in which a minimum of inventory is kept and parts, supplies, and other needs are delivered just in time to go on the assembly line
six sigma quality
quality measure that allows only 3.4 defects per million opportunities