MAN 1107 CH 9 OPT MGT

__________ involves computers directly in the actual production process.

• CAD
• CAM
• ISO
• ERP

______________ is the tailoring of products to meet the needs of a large number of individual customers.

• Feedback response production
• Competing in time
• Mass customization
• Mass production

A company would most often use a(n) _____________ when working on an extremely large project involving the production of a large item such as an airplane, ship, or bridge.

• fixed-position layout
• process layout
• product layout
• customer oriented layout

This operations planning practice uses computer software to keep adequate inventory levels to assure that required materials are available when needed.  It is concerned with both production scheduling and inventory control.

• computer-based materials model (CBM)
• enterprise resource planning (ERP)
• virtual accuracy tool (VAT)
• materials requirement planning (MRP)

A bar graph that shows what projects or tasks are in process and how much of each is completed is called a: 

• ERP chart
• MRP chart
• PERT chart
• Gantt chart

With the __________ inventory control system, producers hold only the amount of materials and parts that they need for a short period of time, sometimes just a few hours.

• LEAN
• ABC
• JIT
• PERT

PERT chart

• more complex schedules-designed to diagram the activities required to produce a good, specify the time required to perform each activity in the process, and organize activities in the most efficient sequence.
• customized to satisfy the specific needs of a customer--hairdresser
• workers so that they're available to handle customer demand
• manufacturing

production control

• managers must continually schedule and monitor the activities that make up that process. They must solicit and respond to feedback and make adjustments where needed. They also oversee the purchasing of raw materials and the handling of inventories
• decide on the quantity of products that will be produced
• the sequence of activities that will entail the greatest amount of time
• compression process

production planning

• managers determine how goods will be produced, where production will take place and how manufacturing facilities will be laid out
• directly involved in efforts to ensure threat goods are produced according to specifications and that quality standards are maintained
• the process of acquiring the materials and services to be used in production
• ERP

purchasing

• the process of acquiring the materials and services to be used in production
• includes all the steps that a company takes to ensure that it goods or services are sufficiently high quality to meet customer's needs
• the practice of producing high volumes of identical goods at a cost low enough to price them for large numbers of customers
• Mass production