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rate of learning (a particular task)
graphed |
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Statistical Process Control Techniques
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Monitoring and Investigating
using tools such as:
Histograms, Check Sheets, Pareto Charts, Cause and Effect Diagrams, Defect and Concentration Diagrams, Scatter Diagrams, Control Charts (methods: Classical Shewhart, Cumulative Sum CUSUM, Exponentially Weighted Moving Average EWMA, Multivariate) |
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| Total Quality Management (TQM) |
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| a comprehensive system approach that works horizontally across an organization |
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| set of activities performed by an organization that takes inputs and transforms them into outputs |
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| the average time between completions of successive units in a process |
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| ratio of the time that a resource is actually activated relative to the time that it is available for use |
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| a storage area between stages where the output of a stage is place prior to being used in a downstream stage |
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| activities in the stage must stop because there is not place to deposit the item just completed |
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| activities in a stage must stop because there is no work |
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| resource that limits the capacity or maximum output of the process |
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| process that is activated only in response to an actual order |
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| process that produces standard products that are stored in finished goods inventory |
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| combines the features of both make-to-order and make-to-stock |
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| movement of items through a process is coordinated through a timing mechanism |
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| ratio of the actual output of a process relative to some standard |
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| time required to produce a batch of parts |
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| time required to prepare a machine to make a particular item |
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| sum of the setup time and run time for batch of parts that are run on a machine |
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| time required to prepare a machine to make a particular item |
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| sum of the setup time and run time for a bath of parts that are run on a machine |
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| average time that it takes a unit to move through an entire process |
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process velocity
(throughput ratio) |
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| ratio of the total throughput time to the value-added time |
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| time in which useful work is actually being done on the unit |
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states a mathematical relationship between throughput rate, throughput time, and the amount of work-in-process inventory
(throughput time is equal to work-in-process divided by the throughput rate) |
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