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Chapter 1 - Introduction Flashcards

1
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Once underdeveloped countries (e.g., China, India, Mexico) are becoming major players in manufacturing

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Globalization

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Parts and products once made in the Philippines are now being made offshore (overseas) or near-shore

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International outsourcing

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3
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Use of suppliers within the Philippines to provide parts and services

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Local outsourcing

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Companies that specialize in manufacturing entire products, not just parts, under contract to other companies

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Contract manufacturing

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5
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Customers, both consumer and corporate, demand products of the highest quality

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Quality expectations

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6
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Manufacturers must be efficient in in their operations to overcome the labor cost advantage of international competitors

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Need for operational efficiency

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7
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automated equipment instead of labor

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Automation

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8
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because manufacturing usually involves a sequence of activities

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Material handling technologies

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9
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integration and coordination of multiple automated or manual workstations

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Manufacturing systems

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10
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It is to compete in the low-volume/high-mix product categories

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Flexible manufacturing

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11
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to achieve the high quality expected by today’s customers

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Quality programs

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12
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more work with fewer resources

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Lean production

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13
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It is a collection of people, equipment, and procedures organized to accomplish the manufacturing operations of a company

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Production System

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14
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What are the 2 categories of Production System

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Facilities &

Manufacturing support systems

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15
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It is the factory and equipment in the facility and the way the facility is organized (plant layout)

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Facilities

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It is the set of procedures used by a company to manage production and to solve technical and logistics problems in ordering materials, moving work through the factory, and ensuring that products meet quality standards

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Manufacturing support systems

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Facilities include the factory, production machines and tooling, material handling equipment, inspection equipment, and computer systems that control the manufacturing operations

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Production System Facilities

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18
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It is the way the equipment is physically arranged in the factory

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Plant layout

19
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it is a logical groupings of equipment and workers in the factory
▪ Production line
▪ Stand-alone workstation and worker

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Manufacturing systems

20
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What are the 3 categories in terms of the human participation in the processes performed by the manufacturing system?

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  1. Manual work systems
  2. Worker-machine systems
  3. Automated systems
21
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a worker performing one or more tasks without the aid of powered tools, but sometimes using hand tools

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Manual work systems

22
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a worker operating powered equipment

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Worker-machine systems

23
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a process performed by a

machine without direct participation of a human

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Automated systems

24
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sales and marketing, order entry, cost accounting, customer billing

A

Business functions

25
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research and development, design engineering, prototype shop

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Product design

26
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process planning, production planning, MRP, capacity planning

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Manufacturing planning

27
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shop floor control, inventory control, quality control

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Manufacturing control

28
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3 basic types of Automated Manufacturing Systems

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  1. Fixed automation
  2. Programmable automation
  3. Flexible automation
29
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A manufacturing system in which the sequence of processing (or assembly) operations is fixed by the equipment configuration

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Fixed Automation

30
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What type of Automation that has typical features:
▪ Suited to high production quantities
▪ High initial investment for custom-engineered equipment
▪ High production rates
▪ Relatively inflexible in accommodating product variety

A

Fixed Automation

31
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A manufacturing system designed with the capability to change the sequence of operations to accommodate different product configurations

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Programmable Automation

32
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What type of Automation that has typical features:
▪ High investment in general purpose equipment
▪ Lower production rates than fixed automation
▪ Flexibility to deal with variations and changes in product configuration
▪ Most suitable for batch production
▪ Physical setup and part program must be changed between jobs (batches

A

Programmable Automation

33
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An extension of programmable automation in which the system is capable of changing over from one job to the next with no lost time between jobs

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Flexible Automation

34
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What type of Automation that has typical features:
▪ High investment for custom-engineered system
▪ Continuous production of variable mixes of products
▪ Medium production rates
▪ Flexibility to deal with soft product variety

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Flexible Automation

35
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What does U.S.A principle mean?

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  1. Understand the existing process
  2. Simplify the process
  3. Automate the process
36
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Single-station manned cells working independently

▪ Advantages: quick to set up, low-cost tooling

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Phase 1 – Manual production

37
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▪ Single-station automated cells operating
independently
▪ As demand grows and automation can be justified

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Phase 2 – Automated production

38
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Multi-station system with serial operations and automated transfer of work units between stations

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Phase 3 – Automated integrated production

39
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Business practice of hiring a party outside a company to perform services and create goods that traditionally were performed in-house by the company’s own employees and staff.

a. Globalization
b. International Outsourcing
c. Contract Manufacturing
d. Local Outsourcing

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a. Globalization

40
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. Capable of producing a variety of parts with virtually no time lost for changeovers from one part style to the next.

a. Fixed automation
b. Programmable automation
c. Flexible automation
d. Automation Migration Strategy

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c. Flexible automation

41
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Productivity is defined as:

a. Number of items manufactured per day
b. Output per man-hour of labour
c. Cost per day
d. Cost per unit

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b. Output per man-hour of labour

42
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The principal means of communicating with the

customer.

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Business functions

43
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Clerical worker entering data into a PC is an example of what category of manufacturing systems?

A

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