COMMERCE 1E03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Total Quality Management, Iso 14000, Statistical Process Control
2 May 2017
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Improve productivity: expand lines of new goods and services, mostly focused on natural resources. Challe(cid:374)ges of ca(cid:374)ada"s e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)y: constant change, newer technologies, global competition, many foreign owned companies with profits being transferred to home countries. America over time: newer jobs include accounting, financial analysis, medicine, architecture, aircraft maintenance, law, film production, and banking activities, operations management planning, facility location, reasons why business move: In tqm, everyone is permitted and expected to contribute to the production of a product that meets customer standards every time: quality control standards include, six sigma quality, statistical quality control (sqc, statistical (spc) Inconsistency: potential for high variability in performance. Inseparability: p is produced and consumed simultaneously. Inventory = perishability: cannot be stored for future consumption. Long run: facility location, facility layout, process design, maintenance, r&d spending, product design, culture. Medium term: project management, size of work force, product. Production processes: process manufacturing, assembly process, continuous process. Improving production and cutting costs: flexible manufacturing.
