IB Design Technology Topic 10

certain definitions are omitted: - value for money - cost-effectiveness

Computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)

A system of manufacturing that uses computers to integrate the  processing of production, business and manufacturing in order to  create more efficient production lines.

Environmental impact assessment matrix

A tool designed to identify and predict the impact of a product on the environment.

Just in case (JIC) production

A situation where a company keeps a small stock of components (or complete items) or ones that take a long time to make, just in case of a rush order

Just in time (JIT) production

A situation where a firm does not allocate space to the storage of components or completed items, but instead orders them (or manufactures them) when required. Large storage areas are not needed and items that are not ordered are not made.

Kaizen

A culture of continuous improvement originating in Japan and considered an important aspect of an organization's long-term strategy.

Lead time

The time between the initiation and the execution of a process

Lean production

A long-term production strategy that considers product and process design as an ongoing activity. It focuses on continual feedback and incremental improvement.

Quality assurance (QA)

This covers all activities from design to documentation. It also includes the regulation of quality of raw materials, assemblies, products and components, services related to production, and management and inspection processes.

Quality control (QC)

Involved in development systems to ensure that products or services are designed and produced to meet or exceed customer requirements and expectations

Statistical process control (SPC)

A quality control tool that uses statistical methods to ensure a process is operating at its most efficient.

Value stream mapping

A lean production management tool used to analyse current and future processes for the production of a product through to delivery to the customer.

Workflow analysis

The review of processes in a workflow in order to identify potential improvements

product family

is a grouping of products and their variants that all pass through similar processing steps and common equipment just prior to shipment to the customer. this part of the production cycle is known as the downstream end. product families often used as the unit for analysis through value stream maps

Sigma Methods (5 S’s) (_{*not in the glossary})

Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardise, Sustain

7 Wastes in Lean Manufacturing (_{*not in the glossary})

Transportation, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Over-production, Over-processing, Defects, Unused knowledge