RSM100Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Canada Green Building Council, Operations Management, Digital Paper
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Production: the use of resources, such as workers and machinery, to convert materials into finished goods and services. Production and operations management: the process of overseeing the production process by managing the people and machinery that convert materials and resources into finished goods and services. Mass production: a system for manufacturing products in large quantities by using effective combinations of employees with specialised skills, mechanization, and standardization. Create the right conditions for high productivity through mechanization. Assembly line: developed by principles of specialization, mechanization, standardization. Before assembly line, ford"s workers took 12 hours to assemble model t, after assembly, took 1. 5 hours. Highly efficient for producing large # of similar products. Highly inefficient when producing small batches of different items. Specialization of mass production lead to boring jobs. Skilled people to carry out the tasks needed to complete an order.
