MGMT 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Master Production Schedule, Iso 9000, Iso 14000

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Management
• Course: MGMT 2150
• Professor: Mir Lofti

Document Summary

Operations management: all activities involved in transforming a product idea into a finished product, as well as those involved in planning and controlling the systems that produce goods and services. Operations management responsibilities: production planning, production control, quality control. Mass production: high volumes of identical goods to be sold and on hand in stock. Mass customization: high volume of customized products are made at a fairly low cost. Process layout: layout that groups together workers or departments that perform similar tasks (functional) Product layout: layout in which products are produced by people, equipment, or departments arranged in an assembly line (sequential) Cellular layout: layout in which teams of workers perform all the tasks involved in building a component, group of related components, or finished product. All decisions pertaining to the purchase of inputs, the inventory of components and finished products, and the scheduling of production process. Purchasing: process of acquiring materials and services to be used in production.