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mass production and continuous flow manufacturing continuous systems lie at the other extreme where demand for a single product is sufficiently
batch operations - operations functionbatch systems form an intermediate category and are the most common here many different products are produced
job shop organisation - operations functionjob shop systems generate special products or services to customer specification with little likelihood
project organisation - operations functionthe project system is a special category at the low-volume end of the spectrum this entails the execution
assemble to order - types of operations systemsthis is an intermediate category where varied products are quickly put together from stocks of
make to order - operations systemsin this case manufacture of the product does not commence until an order has been placed by the customer in the
types of operations systems - variations in demandmake-to-order versus make-for-stock particularly in production systems a key decision must be
sub optimisation - operations functionanother important issue raised by the systems approach is that of sub-optimisation this is of considerable
interdependent sub-systems a striking feature of complex open systems is that each comprises a set of highly interdependent sub-systems for instance
system complexity - boulding taxonomy to obtain an insight into the nature of the system with which the operations manager is dealing consider the
systems approach - operations functionin parallel with the development of management science and also largely stemming from the wartime
major operations management processes processes
elements of operations management1 planning this is the setting of appropriate courses of action to achieve the systems objectives 2
management as a processmuch has been written of management as a process of getting things done through people but the seminal work was that of the
sectors of the economy - manufacturing and service operationsany operations system if examined in sufficient detail will be found to be unique
transformation processes - operation functionhere are examples of transforming processes information processing organisations which handle
role of operation manager in an organisationthe challenge for operations managers would appear to be complex in manufacturing business drivers will
post industrial society - operations functionin the post -industrial society industrial production has become so efficient that the average worker
industrial society - operations functionin the industrial society estimated during the period of growth of industrialisation roughly 1820-1920
introduction to the operations functionfirstly consider the economy where gross domestic product gdp has been subdivided into its major divisions
process design process planning and line balancing of product process design entails process planning facility layout and job design process
determine the appropriate sample sizethe following work sampling data was collected from observing a retail assistant activity
an element of work has been measured 6 times with the following results units of 001 minutes 18 20 19 21 19 22 what should be the full-study sample
1 is work measurement used in your own organisation if not then give thought to how alternative methods are compared load is balanced with capacity
predetermined time standards pts - process designthis is a work measurement technique whereby times established for basic human motions classified