evolved from MRP philosophy. It is important to understand the difference between each term. Effective ERP requires that integrated management processes extend horizontally across the company‚ including product development‚ sales‚ marketing‚ manufacturing‚ and finance. It must extend vertically throughout the company’s supply chain to include the acquisition of raw materials‚ suppliers‚ customers‚ and consumers. The fundamental purpose of ERP is to establish a process that links projected demand
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of the following characteristics is not usually associated with batch production? stable‚ predictable demand.Which of the following is not considered a major process type? Fabrication An advantage of a make-to-stock process is which of the following? Rapid delivery of a standard product. Which of the following is true regarding cycle time? Companies prefer a smaller cycle time. Which of the following is related to lean production? A philosophy of waste elimination. The cost of achieving good quality
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The Sport Obermeyer case is mainly about the production and manufacturing process of a skiwear product. Sport Obermeyer is a high-end fashion skiwear design and manufacturing company located in Aspen‚ Colorado. It sells the products through department stores and ski shops. The company has a global supply network; however‚ most of its products are outsourced through the operations in Hong Kong and China which is a joint venture between Obermeyer and its Hong Kong partner. This case describes the information
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is the stock of items used to support production‚ supporting activities and customer service. It is the “bread and butter” that keeps manufacturing firms in business‚ and is a critical resource in the supply chain. Inventory can be manually managed so that different business conditions can have less of a negative impact on the operations‚ and give support to the efficient running of supply chains. There are also many tools that companies use to manage production‚ such as the master scheduling‚ the
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INTRODUCTION Gozinto Chart named after an Italian mathematician Professor Zepartzat Gozinto is from the word ‘goes into’ is used to provide overall microview of how materials and subassemblies are united to form finished products. It is often called Assembly chart (Shim and Siegel‚ 1999) In other words‚ it is a pictorial representation of a product that shows how the elements required to build a product fit together. Gozinto Chart is a schematic model that defines how parts go together‚ the order
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take Nike as on example. The flow of work is orderly and efficient‚ moving from one workstation to another down the assembly line until a finish product comes off the end of the line. By using product layout‚ Nike can increase their capacity of production and also the uniformity in the product quality. 4. Utilize labor efficiently The efficiencies of labor are also objective of using facility layout. Labor in the assembly lines of Nike is more professional. Each position focuses on the specific
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examples. The term production flow refers mainly to the concept of mass production which in turn can be described and endorsed by the idea of the production of large numbers of a product being manufactured by standardized procedure or also referred to as assembly line. Production flow is a type of manufacturing used by many different businesses as it makes the production process much more efficient while at the same time easier and quicker. Once the basis for the production flow is laid it is a
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dependability and quality. During the expansion process‚ most attention had been focused on the quality of the acquisition target’s manufacturing facilities. Several of the newly acquired European companies had small market shares and weak sales organizations. A fragmented production line creates high costs and intra-company competition. Instead of concentrating manufacturing of each product in one factory to take advantage of the EC’s elimination of the intra-European tariffs of 1992‚ each European factory
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quality is also time-based or situational. a. The definition of quality in manufacturing organizations is often different from that of services. Quality definitions in manufacturing usually focus on tangible product features. The most common quality definition in manufacturing is conformance‚ which is the degree to which a product characteristic meets preset standards. Other common definitions of quality in manufacturing include performance— such as acceleration of a vehicle; reliability— that the
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Product Process Matrix A common classification of production process structures We often classify processes based on their physical configuration‚ material and product flow‚ flexibility‚ and volume expectation. There are four different process types‚ which a manager can choose‚ keeping in mind the relative importance of the following attributes:- Quality‚ Time‚ Flexibility‚ and Cost. These are: 1. Job process 2. Batch process 3. Line process‚ and 4. Continuous process Job
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