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Mod 1
MGMT 361
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Physical items produced by business organizations | Goods |
| Activities that provide some combination of time, location, form and psychological value | Services |
| The management of systems or processes that create goods and/or provide services | Operations Management |
| A sequence of activities and organizations involved in producing and delivering a good or service | Supply Chain |
| The difference between the costs of inputs and the value or price of outputs | Value-Added |
| One or more actions that transform inputs into outputs | Process |
| The time between ordering a good or service and receiving it | Lead Time |
| An abstraction of reality; a simplified representation of something | Model |
| A set of interrelated parts that must work together | System |
| A few factors account for a high percentage of the occurrence of some event(s) | Pareto Phenomenon |
| System in which highly skilled workers use simple, flexible tools to produce small quantities of customized goods | Craft Production |
| System in which low skilled workers use specialized machinery to produce high volumes of standardized goods | Mass Production |
| Parts of a product made to such precision that they do not have to be custom fitted | Interchangeable Parts |
| The breaking up of a production process into small tasks, so that each worker performs a small portion of the overall job | Division of Labor |
| Use of the internet to transact business | E-Business |
| Consumer to business transactions | E-commerce |
| The application of scientific discoveries to the development and improvement of goods and services | Technology |
| Using resources in ways that do not harm ecological systems that support human existence | Sustainability |
| The ability of an organization to respond quickly to demands or opportunities | Agility |
| A process for reducing costs, improving quality and increasing customer satisfaction | Six Sigma |
| System that uses minimal amounts of resources to produce a high volume of high-quality goods with some variety | Lean System |
| Buying goods or services instead of producing or providing them in-house | Outsourcing |