Sprint 4 Flashcards
Economies of scale
Increasing production volume leads to falling manufacturing costs per unit
Economies of scope
Utilization of existing production factors for upstream/downstream activities or additional products
Continuous material flow
Is reached when there‘s a high degree of standardization
Irregular material flow
When there’s a high waiting time
Difference between assemble to order and make to order is
That make to order includes manufacturing while assemble to order does not
Organizational principle can be divided into ___ and ___ principles
Functional and flow-oriented principles
Functional principle
Shop fabrication the machines are grouped by machines /technology
Flow oriented principles
Defined by sequence of operations , the flow of materials is constant
Flow production
Discontinuous
Transfer line
Continuous
Group fabrication
Combines both flow production and shop fabrication
Chaku-Chaku (machine based manufacturing)
The operator continuously goes around to the different stations and when they restart their round all machines are ready to be filled again. It is used for high quantities
MURA
Unevenness
MUDA
Waste by underperformance
MURI
Overburdened