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| A type of manufacturing process that is dedicated to the production of a very few narrow range of standard products. The rate of product change and newproduct information is very low. |
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| A method for scheduling and producing based on a periodic rate (for example, daily, weekly, monthly) |
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| The function of determing what material is needed and when |
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| A manufacturing technique in which parts are accumulated and processed together in a lot |
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| The actual assignment of starting or completion dates to operations or groups of operations to show when these operations must be done if the manufacturing order is to be completed on time. |
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- In production, the production of items at times required by a given schedule planned in advance.
- In material control, the issuing of material according to a given schedule or issuing material to a job order at its start time.
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| A manufacturing process that produces families of parts within a single line or cell of machines controlled by operators who work only with the line or cell |
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A facility configuration in which operations of a similar nature or function are grouped together; an organizational structure based on departmental specialty
(for example: saw, lathe, mill, heat treat, press) |
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- In production, the production of items only as demanded for use or to replace those taken for use.
- in material control, the withdrawal of inventory as demanded by the using operations. Material is not issued until a signal comes from the user.
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| Manufacturing Environments |
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- ETO - Variety High, Long Lead time
- MTO
- ATO
- MTS - Variety Low, Short Lead Time
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