Operation Flashcards
Drip pricing
means that a business advertises one price but in the process of a customer purchasing the service numerous additional charges and costs are added. The effect is that the nal price can be much higher than the price advertised. Drip pricing is an issue in respect of airline ticketing and travel products sold online.
Supply chain
refers to the range of suppliers a business has and the nature of its relationship with those suppliers.
Global web
refers to the network of suppliers a business has chosen on the basis of lowest overall cost, lowest risk and maximum certainty in quality and timing of supplies.
locatiion of different parts of the production process in different geo areas and diff countries
Carbon pricing
is the term used for putting a price on carbon.
Compliance costs
are the expenses associated with meeting the requirements of legal regulations, i.e. abiding by all laws.
Fiduciary
is a person in a position of financial trust with respect to others’ money.
Carbon footprint
refers to the amount of carbon produced and entering the environment from operations processes.
Capital-labour substitution
means that the machinery and technology displace people by doing the work they do
Materials
are the basic elements used in the production process and consist of two types: raw materials and intermediate goods.
Raw materials
are the essential substances in their unprocessed state
Intermediate goods
are goods manufactured and used in further manufacturing or processing
Key performance indicators (KPIs)
are specific criteria used to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of the business’s performance.
Customer relationship management (CRM)
refers to the systems that businesses use to maintain customer contact.
Critical path analysis (CPA)
is a scheduling method or technique that shows what tasks need to be done, how long they take and what order is necessary to complete those tasks.
- much more precise in terms of timing
- better for short term projects
- both show things that can be done at the same time
Gantt chart
is a type of bar chart that shows both the scheduled and completed work over a period of time. It is often used in planning and tracking a project.
- less complicated
- set out more clearly
- better for long term projects
- shows the ‘when’ (date/month etc.)
- both show things that can be done at the same time
Telecommute
is to ‘commute’, or travel to work, electronically. This means that home or another location becomes the worksite and work is delivered via email or the internet
Computer-aided design (CAD)
is a computerised design tool that allows businesses to create product possibilities from a series of input parameters
Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)
is software that controls manufacturing processes
Skills audit
is a formal process used to determine the present level of skilling and any skill shortfalls that need to be made up either through recruitment or through training.
Process layout
- Arranging machinery according to what they do, product moves from department to department
- Allows for more flexibility & customization of the product –> more customisation
- **manufacturing flow according to function
Process production
deals with high- variety, low-volume production
Product production
(mass production) is characterised by the manufacturing of a high volume of constant quality goods.
Product layout
is where the equipment arrangement relates to the sequence of tasks performed in manufacturing a product
arranging into stations that product can go through *assembly goods
low variation, economies of scale
Project production
deals with layout requirements for large-scale, bulky activities such as the construction of bridges, ships, aircraft or buildings
Fixed position layout
is an operational arrangement in which employees and equipment come to the product
Workstations
are the desk areas required by of ce workers, usually tted with access to a computer monitor, keyboard, telephone, mouse and mouse pad, storage, and close access to a printer, scanner and facsimile
Bottleneck
an aspect of the transformation process that slows down the overall processing speed or creates an impediment leading to a backlog of incompletely processed products.
Warranty
is a promise made by a business that they will correct any defects in the goods that they produce or in the services that they deliver
Mass customisation
a process that allows a standard, mass-produced item to be personally modi ed to speci c customer requirements
Product utility
defined as the usefulness and value that a product has from the consumer’s point of view
Explicit service
also called the tangible aspect of the service being provided, such as the application of time, expertise, skill and effort
Implicit service
based on a feeling and is therefore intangible. The implicit aspects of a service are the psychological wellbeing — the feeling of being looked after — that comes with the provision of the service
E-commerce
involves the buying and selling of goods and services via the internet
E-procurement
or the use of on-line systems to manage supply, allows suppliers direct access to the business’s level of supplies
B2B
refers to direct access from one business (the supplier) to another (the buyer), allowing the supplier to assess the needs of the buyer and meet them in a timely manner
B2C
the selling of goods and services to consumers over the internet, with payment usually by credit card
Logistics
a term broadly referring to distribution but includes transportation (including transportation modes),
the use of storage, warehousing and distribution centres, materials handling and packaging
Warehousing
defined as the use of warehouses for the storage, protection and, later, distribution of stock
Leading edge technology
the technology that is the most advanced or innovative at any point in time.
Established technology
technology that has been developed and widely used and is simply accepted without question
LIFO
method of pricing inventory assumes that the last goods purchased are also the first goods sold and therefore the cost of each unit sold is the last cost recorded