Specialization of labour in manufacturing was introduced by _________.

Quality and productivity applications from Japan: robotics, CAD-CAM were introduced by __________.

It is defined as the step-by-step conversion of one form of material into another form through a chemical or mechanical process to create or enhance the utility of the product to the user.

He defines production as "a process by which goods and services are created."

It is characterized by the manufacturing of one or small quantity of products designed and produced as per the specification of customers within prefixed time and cost.

The Job-shop production system is followed when there is:

a.) High variety of products and low volume.

b.) Use of general-purpose machines and facilities.

c.) Large inventory of materials, tools, parts.

d.) When plant and machinery are flexible.

It is defined by American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) “as a form of manufacturing in which the job passes through the functional departments in lots or batches and each lot may have a different routing.”

The batch production system is used under which of the following circumstances?

1. When there are shorter production runs.

2. When plant and machinery are flexible.

3. Lower in process inventory.

4. Standardisation of product and process sequence.

Manufacture of discrete parts or assemblies using a continuous process are called _______. This production system is justified by a very large volume of production.

Which of the following is NOT included in the objectives of production management?

Activities that establish a course of action and guide future decision-making are called _______.

Operation managers establish a structure of roles and the flow of information within the operations subsystem. It involves activities that establish a structure of tasks and authority.

It is characterized by intangible outputs, outputs that customers consume immediately, jobs that use more labor and less equipment, direct consumer contact, and frequent customer participation in the conversion process.

It is a key objective of operations management.

It is a long-term capacity decision that involves a long-term commitment to the geographically static factors that affect a business organization.

It refers to the moving of materials from the store room to the machine and from one machine to the next during the process of manufacture.

It is macroscopic decision-making of an overall process route for converting the raw material into finished goods.

It lies in the statement "First Plan Your Work and then Work on Your Plan."

It may be defined as "a system that is used to maintain a desired level of quality in a product or service."