After completing this chapter, you should be able to:
• Explain the strategic importance of process selection. |
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• Explain the influence that process selection has on an organization. |
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• Describe the basic processing types. |
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• Discuss automated approaches to processing. |
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• Explain the need for management of technology. |
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• List some reasons for redesign of layouts. |
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• Describe the basic layout types. |
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• List the main advantages and disadvantages of product layouts and process layouts. |
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• Solve simple line-balancing problems. |
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• Develop simple process layouts. |