Loose Leaf for Operations and Supply Chain Management
Loose Leaf for Operations and Supply Chain Management
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ISBN: 9781260152562
Author: F. Robert Jacobs
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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a)

Summary Introduction

To explain: The difference of throughput time as it moves from a work center to an assembly line environment.

Throughput time:

It is the total time required by a product to pass through the manufacturing process from the raw materials stage to finished goods.

b)

Summary Introduction

To explain: The difference of capital and labor intensity as it moves from a work center to an assembly line environment.

Capital and labor intensity:

Capital intensity is the total amount of fixed or real capital present with respect to other factors of production.

Labor intensity s the relative proportion of the total labor utilized in a process.

c)

Summary Introduction

To explain: The difference of bottlenecks as it moves from a work center to an assembly line environment.

Bottlenecks:

It is the phenomenon where the capacity of an entire system is affected by a single or due to a limited amount of resources.

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