Operations Management and TQM

machinery that has sensing and control devices that enables it to operate automatically.

• Lean Operations

• Machinery

• Automation

• Process Selection

strategic coordination of business functions within a business organization and throughout its supply chain for the purpose of integrating supply and demand management.

• Supply chain

• Supply chain management

• Lean management

• Lean operation management

the maximum output that can possibly be attained

• Design capacity

• Effective capacity

• Actual output

• Demand capacity

used when a very high volume of highly standardized output is desired.

• Job Shop

• Batch Process

• Continuous Process

• Project

it seeks incremental changes in processes to improve quality and efficiency in the lean improvement model.

• Supply chain

• Supply chain management

• Lean management

• Lean operations management

a diagram that shows elemental tasks and their precedence requirements.

• Precedence Diagram

• Fish Bone Diagram

• Poka Yoke Diagram

• Bar Diagram

observed as a quantifiable or measurable characteristic or attribute

• Transcendent

• Product-based

• Manufacturing-based

• Value-based

art and science of obtaining, producing, distributing material and product in the proper place and in the proper quantities

• Logistics Management

• Supply Management

• International Logistics

• Quality Management

The _________ inventory system is a management strategy that aligns raw-material oders from suppliers directly with production schedules.

Three basic layout types are ____ layout, ____ layout, and ____ position