UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA OM 300 CHILCUTT FINAL

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA OM 300 CHILCUTT FINAL

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Repetitive Focus - ---Answers----Classic assembly line.Widely used in the assembly of virtually all automobiles and household appliances, it has more structure and consequently less flexibility than a process-focused facility.

Product Focus - ---Answers----High-volume, low-variety.They are also called continuous processes because they have very long, continuous production runs. Products such as glass, paper, tin sheets, lightbulbs, beer, and potato chips are made via a continuous process

Mass Customization Focus - ---Answers----The rapid, low- cost production of goods and services that fulfill unique customer desires

RFID (radio frequency identification) - ---Answers----RFID is integrated circuitry with its own tiny antennas that use radio waves to send signals a limited range—usually a matter of yards.

ASRS (automated storage and retrieval systems) - --- Answers----provide for the automatic placement and withdrawal of parts and products into and from designated places in a warehouse

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AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle) - ---Answers---- Electronically guided and controlled carts used in manufacturing and warehousing to move parts and equipment.

CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing) - ---Answers---- When this capability is integrated with inventory control, warehousing, and shipping as a part of a flexible manufacturing system, the entire system is CIM

Vision Systems - ---Answers----Combine video cameras and computer technology and are often used in inspection roles.

Natural Variation - ---Answers----Variability that affects every production process to some degree and is to be expected; also known as common cause

Assignable Variation - ---Answers----variation in a production process that can be traced to specific causes

Attribute Data - ---Answers----Data that shows whether a result meets a requirement or not (yes/no, pass/fail).

Variable Data - ---Answers----Measures quantifiable or numerical conditions

In Control & Out of Control Patterns - ---Answers----If its outside of the limits then its out of control.

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