BIOL376 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Master Production Schedule, Gantt Chart, Long-Range Planning
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Business chapter #1 producing goods and services. Service operations producing activities that yield tangible and intangible service products. Goods production production activities that yield tangible products. Operations (production) management - the systematic direction and control of the processes that transform resources into finished goods. Production managers managers responsible for ensuring that operations processes create value and provide benefits. Operations process a set of methods and technologies used in the production of a good or a service. All goods-manufacturing processes can be classified in two different ways: by the type of transformation technology that transforms raw materials into finished goods and by the analytic or synthetic nature of the transformation process. In chemical processes, raw materials are chemically altered. Such techniques are common in the aluminum, steel, fertilizer, petroleum, and paint industries. Fabrication processes mechanically alter the basic shape or form of a product. Fabrication occurs in the metal forming, woodworking, and textile industries.