GW Chapter 8 Vocab Test

A theory that states all products and processes can and should be improved on a continual basis.

• Artisan

• Continuous improvement

• Efficiency

• Market research

Process in which raw materials are used to create products.

• Automation

• Factories

• Manufacturing

• Nonrenewable materials

The use of computers and other machines to control machine operations and assemble items.

• Computer numerical control (CNC)

• Division of labor

• Just-in-time delivery

• Interchangeable parts

Parts that are the same shape and size.

• Efficiency

• Interchangeable parts

• Durable

• Economies of scale

Buildings in which products are manufactured.

• Factories

• Market research

• Automation

• Artisan

Savings due to mass production.

• Nonrenewable materials

• Economies of scale

• Efficiency

• Degree of freedom

Learning what buyers need or want by collecting data and conducting research.

• Market research

• Division of labor

• Just-in-time delivery

• Automation

Products meant to last a long time.

• Durable

• Nonrenewable materials

• Efficiency

• Artisan

A system in which each person is assigned one specific task in the making of a product.

• Division of labor

• Automation

• Manufacturing

• Factories

Each joint, or direction of movement, in a robot arm.

• Degree of freedom

• Efficiency

• Interchangeable parts

• Continuous improvement