GMS 401 Chapter 5: Ch 5; rocess Strategy and Sustainability

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 401
• Professor: drorhermel

Document Summary

Important decision for an operation manager is how to produce goods without wasting plants resources: the process will have a long-term effect on efficiency and flexibility of production and thus should be thought out carefully. Process focus: production facility organized around processes to facilitate low volume, high variety production called job shops. Repetitive focus: product oriented production processes that uses modules modules: parts or components of a product previously prepared, often in a continuous process. Modules combined for many outputs (combinations of automobiles: classic assembly line, more structure and less flexible than process focused facilities. Product focus: facility organized around products; product orientated, high volume, low variety process. Mass customization focus: rapid, low cost production that caters to constantly changes unique customer desires, vast array of products. Build-to-order (bto): produce to customer order rather than to a forecast; when successful it is order winning strategy.