What are some aspects of an organization’s needs that should affect the design of a warehouse, as well as its operations? Provide at least three examples and explain the impact of each.
Consider the following process types. Describe at least one example of a product that each process type can produce. For each example you provide, show why there is a good alignment between the process type and product.
Project
Job-shop
Batch
Repetitive
Continuous flow
What are some aspects of an organization’s needs that should affect the design of a warehouse, as well as its operations? Provide at least three examples and explain the impact of each.
Explain the components of a process flow chart for completing a simple business process or job task. Specifically, you should place each step of the process in order and then describe what is involved for each step. You may also create a visual representation of this process flow chart to accompany your explanation, but that is not required.
Imagine you are the operations manager for a manufacturing plant. Using specific examples to support your response, illustrate how you would go about making capacity decisions, including what factors you would need to take into consideration.