BU398 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Lean Manufacturing, Mass Customization, Decision-Making
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They include traditional manufacturing processes and contemporary applications, such as flexible manufacturing and lean manufacturing. Joan woodward developed a scale and organized the firms according to technical complexity of the manufacturing process. Technical complexity is the extent of mechanization of the manufacturing process: group 1: small-batch and unit production. Organic: group 2: large-batch and mass production long production runs of standardized parts. Example: car assembly lines: group 3: continuous-process production. The entire process is mechanized, and there"s no starting and stopping. Automated machines control the process ad outcomes are predictable. 3 subcomponents: computer-aided design (cad, computer-aided manufacturing (cam, integrated information network. A computerized system that links all aspects of the firm and is based on common data and info based, and it enables managers to make decisions and direct the manufacturing in a truly integrated fashion. Plm software can manage a product from idea through development, manufacturing, testing, and even maintenance in the field.
