18 Production and Control

Target Skill

Production Skill: the ability to transform organizational resources into products

Objectives

To help build my production skill, when studying this chapter, I will attempt to acquire:

  1. An understanding of production and productivity

  2. An appreciation for the relationship between quality and productivity

  3. Insights into the role of operations management concepts in the workplace

  4. An understanding of how operations control procedures can be used to control production

  5. Insights into operations control tools and how they evolve into a continual improvement approach to production management and control

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