Operations 1

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  • Created on: 09-03-21 19:56
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  • Lean operations
    • METHODS
      • time based management = recognizes the importance of time and reduces the level of time wasted
        • quicker response times to meet customer needs, faster new product development
      • simultaneous engineering = helps firms develop and launch new products more quickly - planned together
        • new product is bought to the market quickly, gives a better profit margin through a premium price
      • cell production = form of team working, roduction processes are split into cells
        • closeness to members improves communication, workers become multiskilled and more adaptable to needs of the business
        • business may have to invest in new materials, has to embrace trust and participation or workers can feel pushed for greater output with no respite
      • JIT = ensure that inputs into the production arrive when they are needed
        • lower stock holding means a reduction in storage space - saves rent and insurance costs, less working capita, less likelihood of stock perishing
        • there is little rooms for mistakes and minimal stock kept for faulty products, a need for specialist stock systems
    • focuses on cutting out waste but ensuring quality

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