OSCM: Exam 2

1. Demand Driven
2. Focused on Waste Reduction
3. Has a culture dedicated to excellence and continuous improvement

1. Inventory
2. Overproduction
3. Waiting time
4. Unnecessary Transporting
5. Processing Waste
6. Inefficient Work Methods
7. Product Defects

1. Eliminating Disruptions
2. Make the system
3. Eliminate waste, especially excess inventory

1. Standard Parts
2. Modular Design
3. High Capacity systems with quality built in
4. Concurrent engineering

1. Small lot sizes
2. Setup time reduction
3. Manufacturing cells
4. Quality Improvement
5. Production Flexibility
6. A balanced system
7. Little inventory storage
8. Fail-safe methods

One

-Reduces in-process inventory
* Lower carrying cost
* Less storage space is necessary

-Inspections and rework cost are lower when quality problems do occur

-Less inventory to work off before implementing product improvement

-Increased viability of product

-Permits greater flexibility in scheduling

- Increased ease of balancing operations

Group technology

-Reduced Changeover Time
-High Equipment Utilization
-Ease of Cross-Training Workers

The ability of a product or service to consistently meet or exceed customer expectations.

Emphasis is on finding and correcting defects before they reach the market.

Focuses on preventing mistakes from occurring. Greater emphasis is on customer satisfaction. Continuous improvement of all managers and workers.