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What is a job shop?

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A functional or process based production layout. Locating similar machines in same departments. Optimal for responsiveness.

2
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What is a flow shop?

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A product based production layout. Resources are arranged according to the sequent of the operations, e.g. assembly line. Optimal for efficiency.

3
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What are the 4 principles of scientific management?

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Replace rules-of-thumb with optimal methods
Scientifically train and develop
Cooperate with workers
Divide work; mangers manage, workers work.

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Lean

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A production strategy trying to remove everything that does not add value, and focus only on value adding processes.

5
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Why does Lean focus on productivity rather than on quality:

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Because improved productivity leads to leaner operations, which help to expose further waste and quality problems.

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How does improvement work in Lean?

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Scientific and hypothesis-based problem-solving, with involvement on worker-level.

7
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Explain mass customization.

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A core concept in agile SC strategies. different finished products from largely mass-produced products.

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what is a decoupling point?

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In a standardized, agile production system, the decoupling point is the point at which production moves from the base product to the customised products.

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What are the three A’s of SCM?

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Agility
Adoptivity
Allignment

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Explain when to apply lean and when to apply agile.

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Use lean for predictable demand and functional products, use agile for uncertain demand and innovative products.

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Explain Leagile and when to use it.

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Leagile combines agile and lean, and should be used with unpredictable demand and long lead times. A leagile production will have a decoupling point, hence upstream activities will be lean, and downstream activities will be agile.

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What is a fixed positions layout?

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A production layout used for products that cannot be moved.