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| Refers to deciding on the way production of goods or services will be organized. |
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| The mix of equipment and labor that will be used by the organization |
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The degree to which the system can be adjusted to changes in processing requirements due to such factors as
Product and service design changes
Volume changes
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| What are the four types of processing? |
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Batch
Repetitive
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Customized goods or services
Low Volume / High Variety |
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Semi-standardized goods or services
Moderate Variety / Moderate Volume |
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| Repetitive/Assembly Processing |
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Standardized goods or services
Low Variety / High Volume |
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Highly standardized goods or services
High Volume / Low Variety |
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| Machinery that has sensing and control devices that enable it to operate automatically |
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| Involves the use of high-cost, general-purpose equipment controlled by a computer program that provides both the sequence of operations and specific details about each operation. |
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| Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) |
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| The use of computers in process control, ranging from robots to automated quality control |
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| Numerically Controlled (N/C) Machines |
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| Machines that perform operations by following mathematical processing instructions |
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| A machine consisting of a mechanical arm, a power supply, and a controller |
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| evolved from programmable automation. It uses equipment that is more customized than that of programmable automation. A key difference between the two is that flexible automation requires significantly less changeover time. |
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| FMS (Flexible Manufacturing System) |
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| A group of machines designed to handle intermittent processing requirements and produce a variety of similar products |
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| CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing) |
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| A system for linking a broad range of manufacturing activities through an integrated computer system |
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| FMS (Flexible Manufacturing System) |
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| A group of machines designed to handle intermittent processing requirements and produce a variety of similar products |
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| Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) |
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| A system for linking a broad range of manufacturing activities through an integrated computer system |
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| The configuration of departments, work centers, and equipment, with particular emphasis on movement of work (customers or materials) through the system. |
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| Facilitate a smooth flow of work, material, and information through the system |
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| Layout that uses standardized processing operations to achieve smooth, rapid, high-volume flow |
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| Layout in which the product or project remains stationary, and workers, materials, and equipment are moved as needed |
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| Some operational environments use a combination of the three basic layout types |
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| Cellular production (Layout) |
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| Layout in which workstations are grouped into a cell that can process items that have similar processing requirements |
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| The process of assigning tasks to workstations in such a way that the workstations have approximately equal time requirements |
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| Operating Time Per Day / Desired Output Rate |
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| Operating time per day / Cycle Time |
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| Maximum time allowed at each workstation to complete its set of tasks on a unit. |
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| Theoretical Minimum Number of workstations (Nmin) Formula |
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| Sum of task times / Cycle Time |
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| Theoretical Minimum Number of workstations is always what? |
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| A whole number and you always round up. |
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| A diagram that shows elemental tasks and their precedence requirements |
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| What is the sum of each task’s time and the times of all following tasks? |
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| Tasks are assigned in what order? |
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| Of most following tasks and greatest potential weight. |
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| (Idle time per cycle / (Actual number of stations * Cycle time))*100 |
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