can a production process be labeled as " out of control" because it is too good? Explain - ️️any process can not be labeled as out of control or in control based on value of mean. There is a lot of variation.
1. the process related certain specific that must be met
define " in statiscal contr...
can a production process be labeled as " out of control" because it is too good? Explain - ✔ ✔ any process can not be labeled as out of control or in control based on value of mean. There is a lot of variation. 1. the process related certain specific that must be met define " in statiscal control" - ✔ ✔ is what happens when bad variables in the production process are eliminated and therefore do not show up on the control chart Define ergonomics. Discuss the role of ergonomics in job design - ✔ ✔ is the stud y of the human interface with the environment and machines it contributes to the job design in order to make the job capatiable with the needs, abilities, and limitations of the people, the physical environment affects performance, safety, and quality of w ork life define shrinkage. identify three or more examples of shrinkage - ✔ ✔ the loss of inventory that can be attributed to factors such as employee theft, shoplifting, vendor fraud describe how the visual workplace can increase information flow, improve efficiency and eliminate non -
value adding activities. - ✔ ✔ visuals can help improve the information flow because it helps send less time on sharing information and it will give you time to actually let that info sink in. if you are reading instructions o r taking measurements then that is non valued. the visuals helps by seeing and learning to do things from seeing others do things. describe the four types of inventory - ✔ ✔ raw materials WIP MRO Finished goods discuss the advantages and disadvantages of 3 D printing - ✔ ✔ some advantages would be that it is very cost effective. other types of printers would have to be high dollar machines in order for them to work good and semi fast. a disadvantage would be that a 3D printer uses why more energy to run than a regular printer. discuss the managerial issues regarding the use of control charts - ✔ ✔ there are various process in an organization. the management has to decide from these processes, which are the ones which are important and needs monitoring. the ma nagement also would have to decide the appropriate charting techniques as whether to use variable charts or attribute charts explain briefly what an x bar chart and R chart do - ✔ ✔ x bar and r charts help determine if a process is stable and predictable. the x bar chart shows how the mean or average changes over time and the R chart shows how the range of the subgroups changes overtime how are inventory levels monitored in retail stores? - ✔ ✔ inventory in retail stores is using a sing period model, which is a system for ordering items that have little or no value at the end of a sales period How are lean operations and the Toyota Production System (TPS) alike? How are they different? - ✔ ✔ lean and TPS are often used interchangeable. leans places more emph asis on understanding the customer, TPS places more on employee learning and empowerment how are outsourcing and vertical integration related? - ✔ ✔ outsourcing transfers some of the tradition internal activities and resources of a firm to outside vendors , making it slightly different from the traditional make or buy decision. the vendor performing the outsource service is an expert. vertical is one of the six sourcing strategies that managers have to consider how do we distinguish between the types of ris k in the supply chain? - ✔ ✔ supply failure to deliver, supplier quality, outsourcing. the development of a successful strategy plan for supply chain requires careful research, a thorough assent of risks involved, and innovative plannning how does labor sp ecialization assist in reducing labor costs? - ✔ ✔ 1. development of dexenity and faster learning by the employee because of reputation 2. Less loss of time because the employee would not be changing jobs or tools 3. development of specialized tools and t he reduction of investment because each employee has only a few tools needed for a particular task identify 10 opportunities in managing the integrated supply chain - ✔ ✔ lot sized reduction single stage control of replenshiment vendor managed inventory collaborative planning forcasting and replenishmet blanket orders standardization
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