Englisch II
Production
Production
-
- 1 / 9
-
Flashcards
Kaizen
Kaizen is a technique used for lean operations. It is about developing working practices which support ‘continuous improvement’.
Metrics
Metrics is a means of finding out if ‘continuous improvement’ is happening by establishing variables that can be measured.
A batch process (of production)
A batch process (of production) is a type of production process where groups of products of the same type move through the process. Machinery and equipment are located in ‘cells’ around the plant, and work-in-progress moves along the line past workstations carrying out fixed operations. One example would be clothing manufacture.
Benchmarking
Benchmarking is a comparison with best practice in the industry and is a tool for improvement.
Lag time
Lag time is any period of delay between one event and another, between giving an instruction and the operation beginning.
A perpetual inventory system
A perpetual inventory system is a software that knows what was sold (and when and where). When inventory falls to a ‘predefined level’ there is a trigger to order more stock.
A bottleneck
A bottleneck is a specific problem that causes delays to a whole process. The stage ‘monitoring’ in the manufacturing process tries to eliminate bottlenecks.
Downtime
Downtime happens when equipment (or the whole line) stops working and production is lost.
A mass process (of production)
A mass process (of production) is an assembly line where work-in-progress moves along the line past workstations carrying out fixed operations. One example would be an automobile plant.
