WGU C215 Operations Management
manufacturability
ease at which a product can be made
reverse engineering
buy competitor's product and study design/features
product design process
idea development, product screening, preliminary design & testing, final
design
design simplification
reduce # of parts/features of the product whenever possible
design standardization
the use of common and interchangeable parts
design for manufacture
series of guidelines to follow in order to produce a product easily and
profitably
,stages of product life cycle
introduction, growth, maturity, decline
building a bridge over the MS River for a new highway uses a ______ process
project
degree of product standardization is ___ to ____: project, batch, line,
continuous
low to high
intermittent process
processes used to produce a variety of products with different processing
requirements in lower volumes
make to order
strategy that produces products to customer specification after an order has
been received
throughput time
average amount of time a product takes to move through a system
, productivity
measurement of how well a company uses its resources
efficiency
measurement of performance relative to a standard
repetitive
type of operations that focuses on products in the late stage of the life cycle
intermittent operations are designed to focus on
producing lower volumes of products with differing characteristics
made to stock
products are produced for immediate delivery
intermittent
type of operations that focus on products in the early stage of the cycle
manufacturability
ease at which a product can be made
reverse engineering
buy competitor's product and study design/features
product design process
idea development, product screening, preliminary design & testing, final
design
design simplification
reduce # of parts/features of the product whenever possible
design standardization
the use of common and interchangeable parts
design for manufacture
series of guidelines to follow in order to produce a product easily and
profitably
,stages of product life cycle
introduction, growth, maturity, decline
building a bridge over the MS River for a new highway uses a ______ process
project
degree of product standardization is ___ to ____: project, batch, line,
continuous
low to high
intermittent process
processes used to produce a variety of products with different processing
requirements in lower volumes
make to order
strategy that produces products to customer specification after an order has
been received
throughput time
average amount of time a product takes to move through a system
, productivity
measurement of how well a company uses its resources
efficiency
measurement of performance relative to a standard
repetitive
type of operations that focuses on products in the late stage of the life cycle
intermittent operations are designed to focus on
producing lower volumes of products with differing characteristics
made to stock
products are produced for immediate delivery
intermittent
type of operations that focus on products in the early stage of the cycle
