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19. A manufacturing system in which there is some amount of flexibility that allows the system
to react in the case of changes, whether predicted or unpredicted.
20. An inventory control system; it is a scheduling system that helps determine what to produce,
when to produce it, and how much to produce.
21. A modern economic and social system based on industrial mass production
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1. A map of the path taken by a specific product as it travels down the value stream in a massproduction
organization
2. The unavailability of a quantity of component needed to manufacture a works order.
4. Also known as Deming circle
5. Time required for a machine to produce different part
6. What automobile company did the lean production philosophy originate from?
9. It is a "do-it-now" approach to continuous improvement.
13. A production strategy that strives to improve a business return on investment by reducing inprocess
inventory and associated carrying costs
14. A manufacturing approach in which equipment and workstations are arranged to facilitate
small-lot, continuous-flow production.
16. Father of Statistical Quality Control (last name)
17. A method of creating a clean and orderly workplace that exposes waste and errors.
QUICK FACT
It took Henry Ford's Motor Company seven years to manufacture 1 million
Automobiles. One hundred thirty-two working days after this figure was
reached (in 1924), the company had made 9 million more cars.
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