Name ___Lauren Sutherland___Chapter 91. What have U.S. manufacturers done to regain a competitive edge?What the United State manufactures have done to regain a competitive edge is focus on equality, focus more on customers, and maintain closer relationship with suppliers and other companies to satisfy customer needs. 2. What must U.S. companies do to continue to strengthen the country’s manufacturing base?What the United State companies must do to continue to strengthen the country’s manufacturing base is they need fewer employees to do the same amount of work. 3. What led companies to focus on operations management rather than production?What led companies to focus on operation management rather than production is growth of service sector led companies led to focus on operations management rather than production. 4. What is form utility?Form utility if the process of increasing the attractiveness of a product to a group of consumers by altering its physical appearance.5. Define and differentiate the following: process manufacturing, assembly process, continuous process, and intermittent process.Process manufacturing physically or chemically changes material, assembly process put together components, continuous process process turns out finished goods over time by long production runs, and intermittent process involved a short production run and he frequent changing of machines to make different product. 6. What do you call the integration of CAD and CAM?The linking of CAD and CAM is computer integrate manufacturing CIM. 7. What is the difference between MRP and ERP?MRP is a computer based operation management system that used sales forecast to make sure that needed parts and materials are available at the right time and place.ERP Enterprise resource planning combines the computerized function of all decisionand subsidiaries of the firm such as finances material requirement of planning, humanresources, and order fulfillment.8. What is just-in-time inventory control?Just in time inventory control requires suppliers to deliver parts and materials just in time to go out the assembly line so they don’t have to be stored in the warehouse and lose money.9. What are Six Sigma quality, the Baldrige Award, ISO 9000, and ISO 14000?Six Sigma quality sets standard at just 3.4 defects per million opportunities and defects potential problems before they occur. The baldrige award is when companies can apply awards for things for in these areas such as manufacturing, services, small businesses, non-profit/government, education, and healthcare. ISO 9000 is the common name given to quality management and assurance standards. While ISO 14000 is a collection of the best practices for managing an organization’s impact on the environment. 10. How do you use a Gantt chart to keep track of production?You use Gantt chart to keep track of production by showing what projects are being worked on and how much has been
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