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Concurrent engineering
is a work methodology based on the parallelization of tasks (i.e. performing tasks concurrently). It refers to an approach used in product development in which functions of design engineering, manufacturing engineering and other functions are integrated to reduce the elapsed time required to bring a new product to the market.
Concurrent engineering
SERVICE QUALITY
Service quality is a business administration term used to describe achievement in service. It reflects both objective and subjective aspects of service. 0R Service quality is a term which describes a comparison of expectations with performance.[
Phases of project
Line balancing
is the act of balancing the cycle times of the workers on a production line to the takt time. When everyone has a cycle time that matches the takt time, work flows efficiently. If a line is not balanced, it either has waiting waste where team members are standing around at the end of each cycle, or the line cant keep up with demand.
Cycle time
The time interval between the start of one cycle and the start of the next cycle. Or Cycle time or lead time is the end-to-end delay in a business process. For supply chains, the business processes of interest are the supply chain process and the order-todelivery process. Cycle time can mean the total elapsed time between when a customer places an order and when he receives it. This definition can be used externally, or with internal customers. This definition actually pre-dates most of the English publications about the Toyota Production System
Cellular layout
Cellular Manufacturing
Layout in which machines are grouped into a cell that can process items that have similar processing requirements. A product layout is visible inside each cell.
Capacity planning
is the process of determining the production capacity needed by an organization to meet changing demands for its products. In the context of capacity planning, "design capacity" is the maximum amount of work that an organization is capable of completing in a given period, "effective capacity" is the maximum amount of work that an organization is capable of completing in a given period due to constraints such as quality problems, delays, material handling, etc. The phrase is also used in business computing as a synonym for Capacity Management.s