OPS 571 Week 3 Discussion 2

Students need to contribute Four (4) substantive posts in this discussion by the due date indicated. The substantive posts can be any combination of responses and replies.

Hello Students,

Below a list of some of the main Learning Objectives as well as Key terms you will find in this chapter. Keep in mind that getting familiar with these may help you in the rest of the class.

Learning Objectives for Ch. 23 of Operations and Supply Chain Management

• Explain the Theory of Constraints(TOC).
• Analyze bottleneck resources and apply TOC principles to controlling a process.
• Compare TOC to conventional approaches.
• Evaluate bottleneck scheduling problems by applying TOC principles.

Key Terms for Chapter 23:

• Synchronous manufacturing
• Throughput
• Inventory
• Operating expenses
• Productivity
• Bottleneck
• Non bottleneck
• Capacity-constrained resource (CCR)

Class: Please answer the statement below.

Compare the importance and relevance of quality control in JIT, MRP, and synchronous manufacturing.

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