1. organizational structure
functional organizational structure or
matrix organizational structure or
process layout?
functional
organizational structure
An organization of
specialists grouped into
distinct departments.
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2. work-in-process (WIP) Inventory resulting from transformation of raw
finished goods or WIP or raw materials?
work-in-process
(WIP)
Inventory resulting from
transformation of raw
materials, but not yet ready
for sale to consumers.
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3. bottleneck The most heavily utilized resource within a system.
dynamic or cycle time or bottleneck?
bottleneck
The most heavily utilized
resource within a system.
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4. heuristic or closeness rating or algorithm?
Standard scoring system for the desirability of proximity within a facility.
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5. heuristic A procedure to develop a good, though not
closeness rating or heuristic or algorithm?
heuristic
A procedure to develop
a good, though not
necessarily optimal,
solution.
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6. dynamic Actively and continuously changing.
heuristic or processes or dynamic?
dynamic
Actively and continuously
changing.
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7. continuous processing?
make-to-stock or hybrid layout or
continuous processing?
continuous processing
A make-to-stock strategy
emphasizing uninterrupted
production.
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8. cycle time The ‘pace’ of a product layout, being the total
bottleneck or cycle time or line balancing?
cycle time
The ‘pace’ of a product
layout, being the total
amount of time each
workstation has to
complete its assigned
tasks once during ongoing
operation of the system.
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9. efficiency Percent of a resource in productive use.
cycle time or balance delay or efficiency?
efficiency
Percent of a resource in
productive use.
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10. efficiency or remanufacturing?
business process reengineering or
efficiency or remanufacturing?
business process
reengineering
Evaluation and
improvement of an existing
process design.
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11. finished goods Inventory awaiting sale to consumers.
make-to-order or make-to-stock or
finished goods?
finished goods
Inventory awaiting sale to
consumers.
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12. assemble-to-order (ATO) A system that produces standard modules to be
ATO or product layout or process layout?
assemble-to-order
(ATO)
A system that produces
standard modules to be
modified and/or combined
into a customizable product.
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13. fixed-position layout
fixed-position layout or hybrid layout
or process layout?
fixed-position layout
A configuration in which
transformation cannot
move, requiring all
supporting resources and
processes to travel to that
location.
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14. delayed differentiation
ATO or delayed differentiation or
job shop?
delayed differentiation
An ATO strategy for stocking highly standardized components
for later customization into
finished goods.
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15. line balancing or product layout or
balance delay?
line balancing
A product layout design technique which assigns the tasks to be performed at consecutive workstations, seeking to
balance the workload among them.
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16. balance delay Percent of a workstation time not in productive use
balance delay or ATO or efficiency?
balance delay
Percent of a workstation
time not in productive use
during the operation of a
product layout.
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17. cellular manufacturing?
group technology or process layout or
cellular manufacturing?
group technology
The organization of diverse
products into families of similar production
requirements.
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18. make-to-stock A system that produces high volumes of
make-to-order or make-to-stock or
process layout?
make-to-stock
A system that produces
high volumes of
standardized product.
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19. matrix organizational structure
functional organizational structure or
matrix organizational structure or
process layout?
matrix organizational
structure
An organization that
groups differing functions
together according to
requirements of the work.
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20. product layouts A configuration in which transformation proceeds
process layout or product layout or
make-to-stock?
product layouts
A configuration in which
transformation proceeds
along a single, unchanging
pattern through a facility.
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21. immediate predecessor
immediate predecessor or bottleneck or
finished goods?
immediate predecessor
Tasks that must be
completed before another
task is started.
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22. job shop A process layout.
job shop or process layout or make-to-order?
job shop
A process layout.
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23. cellular manufacturing?
product layout or process layout or
cellular manufacturing?
cellular manufacturing
A complex production
facility subdivided into
smaller product layouts.
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24. processes Activities that transform inputs into outputs.
finished goods or project or processes?
processes
Activities that transform
inputs into outputs.
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25. lead time Delay between requesting a product and receiving it.
balance delay or cycle time or lead time?
lead time
Delay between requesting a product and receiving it.
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26. make-to-order A system that produces low volumes of customized
make-to-order or make-to-stock or
job shop?
make-to-order
A system that produces
low volumes of customized
product.
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27. load distance A quantity multiplied by the distance that the quantity
cycle time or load distance or
closeness rating?
load distance
A quantity multiplied by the
distance that the quantity
will travel, to create an
overall expression of the
work required by that
action.
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28. mixed model assembly Production of a range of products with a single
continuous processing or ATO or
mixed model assembly?
mixed model assembly
Production of a range of
products with a single
assembly line, primarily
by varying features on an
otherwise standardized
product.
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29. business process reengineering?
remanufacturing or finished goods or
business process reengineering?
remanufacturing
Production of finished
goods from the recycled
components of returned
goods.
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30. precedence relationship
precedence relationship or project or
bottleneck?
precedence relationship
A dependency between
two tasks, usually requiring
that one task be completed
before the other task is
started.
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31. hybrid layout Any mix of elements from a product layout and a
fixed-position layout or hybrid layout
or process layout?
hybrid layout
Any mix of elements from
a product layout and a
process layout, to gain the
advantages of both.
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32. algorithm A procedure described by a series of steps.
project or algorithm or load distance?
algorithm
A procedure described by a
series of steps.
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33. project A unique collection of activities creating a
remanufacturing or processes or project?
project
A unique collection
of activities creating a
particular outcome.
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34. raw materials Inventory brought in from outside the system.
finished goods or WIP or raw materials?
raw materials
Inventory brought in from outside the system.
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35. process layout A configuration in which transformation proceeds
fixed-position layout or hybrid layout
or process layout?
process layout
A configuration in which
transformation proceeds
along multiple, shifting
patterns through a facility.
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