BPM Week 1 Flashcards

1
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BPM =

A

OM + BIS

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2
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Value Added

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Process that leads to final product. Changes inputs to outputs

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3
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Non Value Added Process

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Could be removed from the process without changing outcome. Ex: waiting in line

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4
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Inputs

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Things put into the process Ex: money, time, labor

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5
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Output

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Final outcome of process

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6
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Process Steps

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Physical steps in a process. sequence of actions and exchanges of resources.

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7
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BIS

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Information flows. Business functions and processes that constantly exchange info

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8
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Processes can be improved by:

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lower cost, better product quality, best customer value, increased product innovation.

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9
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OM

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process control and improvement

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10
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Pre Industrial

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agriculture, mining, simple tools

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11
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Industrial

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goods production, machine tending, quantity of goods

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12
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Post Industrial

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among persons, services, information, quality of life

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13
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what % in 1800 of US workforce in agriculture?

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80%

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14
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What % in 1950 of US workforce in goods production/factories?

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37.5%

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15
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1950-now % in services?

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50-80%

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16
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Productivity definition

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how much you can get done in a certain amount of time. output divided by input. always has units of measurement.

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17
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Clark-Fisher Hypothesis

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productivity increases in one sector of economy make available resources to others.

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18
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In early 1900’s, ratio of workers in service sectors

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3 out of 10

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19
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in 1950 what percent workers in services?

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50%

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20
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why is post industrial era start in 1950s?

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first time more than 50% work in services

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21
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Efficiency

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the ratio of measured productivity to an established productivity standard or norm. (measured productivity / norm productivity) Dimensionless with no units. (expected/example)

22
Q

Increase productivity

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new technology, mechanization, better processes.

23
Q

Business Process Reengineering (BPR)

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changing a process to increase efficiency and effectiveness.

24
Q

division of labor and trade leads to…

A

specialization

25
Q

local optimization leads to..

A

outsourcing

26
Q

Dematerialization

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replacement of information-bearing physical goods and services with electronic ones

27
Q

Engel theory

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“can only eat so much…” As family income increases, the percentage spent on food and durables drops while consumption of services increases

28
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Bell theory

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Economic growth partially drives itself. Combination of all other three theories.

29
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Service Information Process

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from customer to service provider, then provider does task, then service provider to customer

30
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Explicit Service

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ex: university, degree, education, job. Only care about specific topic

31
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Implicit Service

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ex: university, beavers, win, football, greek life. Care about everything that surrounds topic psychologically.

32
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Closed System

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manufacturing facility. can rely on inventory for fluctuations in demand

33
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Open System

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Services that cannot be stored therefore no inventory

34
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Flux

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Everything changes everyday. systems theory solves this.

35
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System

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conceptualization of reality. dynamic and cognitive (human) construct.

36
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Element

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Part of system. Adds value (actor)

37
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Subsystem

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element that can be a system by itself

38
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Black Box

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element modeled as if it has no structure.

39
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Control Elements

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elements whose input is under control of a decision maker

40
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Feedback

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input to an element as a response to a previous output by the same element.

41
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Process

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is a series of subsequent changes in the state of a system’s elements (state transitions) – also known as System’s Dynamics – system behavior.

42
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Deterministic Process

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Outcomes are certain. Determined by initial state and dynamics.

43
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Stochastic Process

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Outcomes not certain and randomness changes dynamics.

44
Q

Stochastic Distributions

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Normal, Uniform, Poisson, Exponential

45
Q

Bill Hewlett

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“you cannot manage what you cannot measure”

46
Q

DMAIC

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Define, measure, analyze, improve, control

47
Q

Process Performance measures:

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inputs/outputs, time, yield, quality, cycle time

48
Q

Cycle time=

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setup time + wait time + move time + queue time + process time

49
Q

ERP

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Enterprise Resource Planning systems. integrate data from all departments

50
Q

Percent of fortune 500 companies with ERP

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75-80%

51
Q

MRP

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Materials Requirement Planning. Production planning and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing process.

52
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MRPII

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Manufacturing Resource Planning. Method used for effective planning of all resources of a manufacturing company.