What type of process—project, job shop, flow shop, and continuous flow—would most likely be used to produce the following? Explain your reasoning.
a. Personal computers –
b. Weddings –
c. Paper –
d. Paper books –
e. Tax preparation –
List some common processes that you perform as a student. How can you use the knowledge from this chapter, such as identifying bottlenecks, to improve them?
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1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each of the major types of layout patterns? Provide one example of each type of layout for goods-producing and service-providing firms. 2. Discuss the type of facility layout that would be most appropriate for:
printing books— performing hospital laboratory tests—
manufacturing home furniture—
a hospital— a photography studio—
a library—
3. Describe the layout of a typical fast-food franchise such as McDonald’s. What type of layout is it? How does it support productivity? Do different franchises (e.g., Burger King or Wendy’s) have different types of layouts? Why?