Management and Organizational Studies 3330A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Sample Size Determination, Internal Audit, Iso 14000

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 3330A/B
• Professor: Bernd Marcus

Document Summary

Type of product flow: fixed position, jumbled flow (hospital), line flow (automotive), continuous flow (oil) Approach to customer orders: make-to-order, make-to-stock, assemble-to-order. General industry flow toward machines and continuous operations. Intermittent operations: great product variety, make-to-order, jumbled, general purpose equipment, low automation relatively, labour is critical, throughput time is longer, more wip. Continuous operations: make-to-stock, line product flow, specialized product flow, capital is a critical resource. Intermittent: groups resources based on similar processes/skills, warehouse or office layout. Continuous: arrange resources in sequence, assembly lines. Cell layout: grouping of products based on similar requirement. Max use of resources: u-shaped production, balance utilization by putting stations nearby that are associated with each other. Fixed position layout: used when the product is too big can cannot easily be moved (bridges) Retail layout: allocate space based on customer behaviour (grocery stores) Group technology: grouping of dissimilar automated machines to produce a family of parts.