Manufacturing Systems

What happened around 1750?

• Civil War

• World War I

• Industrial Revolution

• Korean War

What caused the Industrial Revolution?

• new methods of manufacturing

• submarines

• domesticating animals

• improvements in transportation

Dividing the work into smaller steps done by certain groups of people is called...

• Scientific management

• Time and motion study

• Division of labor

• Quality control

Tools that are bolted to the floor and operated by electric motors are called...

• Assembly lines

• Machine tools

• Portable power tools

• Energy outputs

Tools that use a small motor for power and are usually handheld are called...

• Machine tools

• Assembly line

• Hand held tools

• Portable power tools

Who developed and patented the first industrial robot?

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• George C Devol, Jr.

• Henry Ford

Inputs of manufacturing systems include...

• People

• Time

• Resources

• All of the above

Processes of manufacturing systems include...

• Changing size and shape

• Chemical processes

• Fastening

• All of the above

Outputs of manufacturing systems include...

• The product themselves

• Jobs for a community

• Waste or pollution

• All of the above

Feedback of manufacturing systems include...

• High demand for a product

• Low demand for a product

• Customer reviews

• All of the above