Business Studies- Lean Production Flashcards
1
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Lean production is…
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ts a Japanese idea meaning small changes can be continuously made to increase Productivity. The Japanese workers come up with the ideas naturally hweras in other countries the workers have to be trained.
2
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Just-in-time production
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a production technique which is highly responsive to customer orders and uses very little stock holding.
3
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Cell Production
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involves producing a ‘family of products’ in a small self-contained unit (a cell) within a factory
4
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Lead Time
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A time between receiving an order and making a delivery
5
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Multi skilling
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Where workers are trained in more than one skill which enables them to do a range of jobs
