Operations and Supply Chain Management The Core

CHAPTER 6
MANUFACTURING
PROCESSES
Learning Objectives
LO6–1 Understand what a manufacturing process is.
LO6–2 Understand production process mapping and Little’s law.
LO6–3 Explain how manufacturing processes are organized.
LO6–4 Understand how to design and analyze an assembly line.
THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING—THE
TECHNOLOGY COULD BE USED TO MAKE PARTS
THAT PERFORM BETTER AND COST LESS
The technology for printing three-dimensional objects has existed for decades,
but its application has been largely limited to novelty items and specialized custom
fabrication, such as making personalized prosthetics. The technology has