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Assignment 1
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What are some of the realities mentioned at the beginning of the chapter that modern manufacturing enterprises must cope with? Name four.
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Globalization International Outsourcing Local Outsourcing Contract manufacturing Quality expectation
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Production systems can be divided into two categories or levels. Name and briefly define the two levels.
1) Facilities The factory and equipment in the facility and the way the facility is organized (plant layout) Manufacturing support system Manage production Solve technical & logistic problems
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What are manufacturing systems, and how are they distinguished from production systems?
Manufacturing systems - Collection of intergration equipment and human resources - To perform one or more processing or assembling operation on a starting raw,material, parts or a set of parts.
Production systems - A collection of people,equipment and procedures to carry out the manufacturing operation - set of procedures used by the company to manage production and solve technical problems
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Manufacturing systems are divided into three categories, according to worker participation. Name the three categories.
1. 2. 3. Manual work system Worker-machine system Automated systems
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What are the four functions included within the scope of manufacturing support systems?
1. 2. 3. 4. Business function Product design Manufacturing planning Manufacturing control
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Three basic types of automation are defined in the text. What is fixed automation and what are some of its features?
Fixed automation is a fixed manufacturing system in the processing or assembly because of the equipment configuration . Features of the fixed automation: 1. Suited to high production quantities
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Some of the reasons why companies automate their operations? Nine reasons are given in the text. Name five.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. To increase labor productivity To reduce labor cost To mitigate the effects of labor shortages To reduce or remove routine manual and clerical tasks To improve worker safety
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Human workers will be needed in factory operations, even in the most highly automated operations. The text identifies at least four types of work for which humans will be needed. Name three.
1) 2) 3) Product designers who bring creativity to the design task Equipment maintenance Programming and computer operation
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What is the USA Principle? What does each of the letters stand for?
The USA Principle is a common sense approach to automation and process improvement projects. - U means Understand the existing proces - S stands for Simplify the process - A stands for Automated the process
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The text lists ten strategies for automation and process improvement. Identify five of these strategies.
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Specialization of operations Combined operations Simultaneous operations Integration of operations Increased flexibility
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