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SBAD 475 ADV OM8
Managing Operations Chapter 8
Question | Answer |
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5-S program | A systematic program for effective housekeeping in operational processes |
Focused factory | Organizing operations systems by grouping together similar customers and then designing and implementing product systems to serve these specific customers |
Just-in-time | An older name for lean systems |
Kanban | A scheduling system that builds output in response to actual customer demand |
Lean systems approach | A philosophy that emphasizes the minimization of the amount of all resources used in the various activities of the enterprise |
Poka-yoke | An emphasis on redesigning processes in such a way as to make mistakes either impossible or immediately apparent to the worker (foolproofing) |
Pull system | Activities in the operating processes are initiated by actual customer demands, and not by forecasted demands |
Seven types of waste | classification of wastes into one of seven basic categories |
Toyota Production System | Another term for lean systems; refers to the specific lean system implemented at Toyota |
Visual control | Making current performance and potential problems immediately visually apparent |