Chapter 15 Flashcards
Flow operations
Processes designed to handle high-volume, standard products.
Routing
Provides information about the operations to be performed, their sequence, the work centers, and the time standards.
Infinite loading
Scheduling that calculates the capacity needed at work centers in the time period needed without regard to the capacity available to do the
work.
Finite loading
Scheduling that loads work centers up to a predetermined amount of capacity.
Due date
Time when the job is supposed to be finished.
Backward scheduling
Starts with the due date for an order and works backward to determine the start date for each activity.
Slack
The amount of time a job can be delayed and still be finished by its due date.
Input/output control
A technique for monitoring the flow of jobs between work centers.
Job flow time
Measurement of the time a job spends in the shop before it is finished.
Job lateness
Measures whether the job is done ahead of, on, or behind schedule.
Job tardiness
Measures how long after the due date the job is completed.
Optimized production technology (OPT)
A technique used to schedule bottleneck systems.
Theory of constraints (TOC)
A management philosophy that extends the concepts of OPT.
Internal resource constraint
A regular bottleneck.
Market constraint
The condition that results when market demand is less than production capacity.
