BUS chp 10

What is Six Sigma?

a quality control process

Spalding produces large numbers of golf balls all at once. Spalding puts the golf balls in inventory and distributes them around the world. Spalding uses:

mass production

_____ is the combining of natural resources, human resources, and capital to produce goods and services.

production

A CAD/CAM system is a(n):

production design and control system

Business process management (BPM):

is accurately described by all of the above

Crown Holdings Inc. manufactures a high-resolution, full color digital inkjet printed cans that allows smaller beverage producers to label the cans as they are needed to be filled rather than keeping a stock of preprinted cans. This is an example of how a beverage company could use:

just-in-time

Many companies keep a continuously updated list of inventory levels, orders, sales, and receipts. This is called a(n) _____ inventory.

perpetual

A(n) _____ layout arranges work flow around the production process. All workers performing similar tasks are grouped together.

process

The three main types of facility layouts are:

product, process, and fixed-position

The two key aspects of production control are:

routing and scheduling