October 2012
Intermediate to advanced
696 pages
34h 17m
English
Content preview from Operations Management: An Integrated Approach, 5th Edition
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Key Terms
manufacturability 59
product design 59
service design 60
benchmarking 61
reverse engineering 61
early supplier involvement (ESI) 62
break-even analysis 62
fixed costs 62
variable costs 62
design for manufacture (DFM) 65
product life cycle 66
concurrent engineering 67
remanufacturing 68
intermittent operations 69
repetitive operations 69
project process 71
batch process 71
line process 71
continuous process 71
process flow analysis 72
process flowchart 72
bottleneck 72
make-to-stock strategy 73
assemble-to-order strategy 73
make-to-order strategy 73
process performance metrics 74
throughput time 75
process velocity 76
productivity 76
utilization 76
efficiency 76
information technology (IT) 82
enterprise resource planning (ERP) 82
global positioning systems (GPS) 83
radio frequency identification (RFID) 83
automation 83
flexible manufacturing system (FMS) 84
numerically controlled (NC) machine 85
computer-aided design (CAD) 86
computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) 86
service package 89
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