COMMERCE 2OC3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Business Process, Numerical Control, Automatic Identification System
9 Apr 2017
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Five us facilities and assembly plant in brazil. Uses lea(cid:374) (cid:373)a(cid:374)ufacturi(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d group"s together productio(cid:374) of parts that have si(cid:373)ilar processes. Process (or transformation) strategy: an organizations approach to transforming recourses into goods and services (1) process focus. Process focus: a production facility organized around processes to facilitate low volume, high variety production. (called job shops) Have high variable costs with low utilization of facilities. High degree of product flexibility (2) repetitive focus. Repetitive focus: a product oriented production process that uses modules. (classic assembly line) Modules: parts or components of a product previously prepared, often in a continuous process. (3) product focus. Product focus: a facility organized around products; a product oriented, high volume, and low-variety process. (continuous process) (4) mass customization focus. Mass customization: rapid, low-cost production that caters to constantly changing unique customer desires. (what the customer wants when the customer wants it economically) Built-to-order (bto): produce to customer order rather than to a forecast.
