BA 101 Midterm 2 University of Oregon Test 2023
production - ANSWER The creation of goods using land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship and knowledge (the factors of production) production management - ANSWER All the activities managers do to help firms create goods.operations management - ANSWER A specialized area in management that
converts or transforms resources into goods and services. Which includes:
Inventory management Quality control Production scheduling Follow-up services production process inputs - ANSWER land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship, knowledge production process production control - ANSWER planning, routing, scheduling, dispatching, follow-up production process outputs - ANSWER goods, services, ideas process manufacuring - ANSWER The part of production that physically or chemically changes materials.assembly process - ANSWER The part of the production process that puts together components.continuous process - ANSWER Long production runs turn out finished goods over time.intermittent process - ANSWER Production runs are short and the producer adjusts machines frequently to make different products.computer-aided design (CAD) - ANSWER The use of computers in the design of products.Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) - ANSWER The use of computers in the manufacturing of products. 1 / 2
Computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) - ANSWER The uniting of computer-aided design with computer-aided manufacturing. It is expensive ... but it cuts as much as 80% of the time needed to program machines to make parts.lean manufacturing - ANSWER Using fewer resources compared to mass production.
Compared to others, it:
Take half the human effort.Have half the defects in finished products.Require one-third the engineering effort.Use half the floor space.Carry 90% less inventory.mass customization - ANSWER Tailoring products to meet the needs of a large number of individual customers.facility layout - ANSWER The physical arrangement of resources, including people, to most efficiently produce goods and provide services.
Depends on the processes performed:
Service: Help customers find products
Manufacturing: Improve efficiency
assembly line layout - ANSWER Workers do only a few tasks at a time.modular layout - ANSWER Teams of workers produce more complex units of the final product.fixed-position layout - ANSWER Allows workers to congregate around the product.process layout - ANSWER Similar equipment and functions are grouped together.purchasing - ANSWER The function that searches for high-quality material resources, finds the best suppliers and negotiates the best price for goods and services.
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