Listed below are several terms that relate to just - in - time, total quantity management, process reengineering automation, and theory of constraints;

Constraints

Flow line

Just -in -time

Non- value- added activities

Pull

Business process

Flexible manufacturing system

Frequent

Non- constraint

Plan - do -check -act cycle

Setup

Choose the term or terms above that most appropriately complete the following statement;

1. A production system in which units are produced and materials are purchased only as needed to meet actual customer demand is called .................
2. The physical path taken by a product as it moves through the manufacturing process from receipt of raw materials to shipment of the completed good is called a ........................ .
3. In just - in - time the flow of goods is controlled by what is described as a ................... approach to manufacturing.
4. The activities involves in getting equipment ready to produce a different product are called a ..............
5. To successfully operate a JIT system,a company must learn to rely on a few suppliers who are willing to make.................. deliveries.
6. The............... is any series of steps that are followed in order to carry out some task in a business.
7. A ........... is any series of steps that are followed in order to carry out some task in a business.
8. In process reengineering two objectives are to simplify and to eliminate...........
9. When the cells on a product flow line are linked together with an automated materials handing system and the flows between cells are controlled by a central computer, a ................... is in operation.
10. The theory of constraints suggests that improvement efforts should be focused on company's....................
11. Increasing the rate of output of a ............... as the result of an improvement effort is unlikely to have much effect on profits.