CHP Flashcards

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Multinational Enterprise

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Sources, markets, and produces goods and services in several countries as part of a global supply chain

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Operational Structure

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configuration of resources: suppliers, factories, warehouses, distributers, tech support centers

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Efficient Supply Chains

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designed for efficiency and low cost by minimizing inventory and maximizing efficiencies in process flow

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Responsive supply chains

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focus on flexibility and responsive service and are able to react quickly to changing market demand and requirements

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5
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Push System

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produces goods in advance of customer demand using a forecast of sales

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Pull system

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goods are produced in upstream stages in the supply chain in response to customer demand signals from downstream

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7
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Push-pull boundary

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point in the supply chain that separates the push system from the pull system

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8
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Postponement

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delaying product customization

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9
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Vertical Integrations

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acquiring and consolidating elements of a value chain to achieve more control

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10
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Backward Integration

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acquiring capabilities toward suppliers

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Forward Integration

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acquiring capabilities toward distribution or customers

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12
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Outsourcing

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suppliers providing goods, instead of internally

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13
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Contract Manufacturer

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specializes in product customized design, manufacturing, assembly, and packaging

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Third Party logistics (3PL) providers

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provide integrated services:packaging, warehousing, inventory management, inbound or outbound transportation

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15
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multisite mngt

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process of managing geographically dispersed service -providing facilities

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16
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center-of-gravity method

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takes into account locations, demand, and transportation costs to arrive at the best location

17
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supply chain opt.

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process of ensuring that supply chain operates at the highest levels of efficiency and effectiveness

18
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transportation problem

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model that helps plan the distribution of goods and services from supple points to demand locations

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facility layout

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specific arrangement of phy. facilities

20
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product layout

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arranged based on the sequence performed during the manufacture of goods or delivery of service

21
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process layout

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functional grouping of equipment of activities that do similar work

22
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cellular layout

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based on self contained groups of equipment needed for producing a particular set of goods or services

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fixed-position layout

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consolidates the necessary resources to manufacture a good or deliver a service in one phy. location

24
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flow-blocking delay

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occurs when a work center completes a unit but cannot release it because the in in-process storage at the next stage is full

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lack-of-work delay

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occurs when one stage completes work and no units from the previous stage are awaiting processing

26
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assembly line

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combines the components of a good or service that has been created previously

27
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assembly-line balancing

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technique that helps distribute the same amount of tasks among workstations

28
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cycle time

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interval between successive outputs coming off the assembly line

29
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job enlargement

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horizontal expansion of job duties to give a worker a more variety

30
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job enrichment

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vertical expansion of job duties to give workers more responsibility

31
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ergonomics

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takes into account the physical cababilites of people of while designing jobs to improve the productivity and safety