Business in

Action 7e
Bovée/Thill
Production
Systems

Chapter 6 Business in
Action 7e
Bovée/Thill
 The Systems View of Business

• System
 An interconnected and coordinated set of
elements and processes that converts inputs
to desired outputs
 ‫مجموعة مترابطة ومنسقة من العناصر والعمليات التي تحول‬
)‫المدخالت إلى النواتج المطلوبة (مخرجات‬

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 From Point to Line to Circle:
Exhibit 9.1
The Systems View

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 Managing Systems for Peak
Performance ‫علىأداء‬J‫أ‬
• Help everyone see the big picture
• Understand how individual systems really
work and how they interact
• Understand problems before you try to fix
them
• Understand the potential impact of
solutions before you implement them.

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 Managing Systems for Peak
Performance (cont.)
• Don’t just move problems around—solve
the problems
• Understand how feedback works in the
system
• Use mistakes as opportunities to learn
and improve

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 Redefining Organizations with
Value Webs
• Value Webs
 Multidimensional networks of suppliers and
outsourcing partners‫لموردين‬JJ‫اد ل‬J‫ألبع‬JJ‫ددة ا‬J‫بكاتمتع‬JJ‫ش‬
‫ارجية‬J‫مصادر خ‬JJJ‫انة ب‬J‫الستع‬JJ‫يا‬JJJ‫لشركاء ف‬JJ‫وا‬
• Outsourcing ‫ا الستع انة ب مصادر خارجية‬
 Contracting out certain business functions or
operations to other companies

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 The Offshoring Controversy

• Offshoring ‫ا لنقل إ لىا لخارج‬

 Transferring a part or all of a business
function to a facility (a different part of the
company or another company entirely) in
another country
 ‫نقل جزء أو كل وظيفة تجارية إلى منشأة (جزء مختلف من‬
‫الشركة أو شركة أخرى بالكامل) في بلد آخر‬

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 Supply Chain Management

• Supply Chain ‫س السل ا لتوريد‬

 A set of connected systems that coordinates
the flow of goods and materials from
suppliers all the way through to final
customers

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 Supply Chain Management
(cont.)
• Supply chain management (SCM)
 The business procedures, policies, and
computer systems that integrate the various
elements of the supply chain into a cohesive
system
 ‫إجراءات األعمال والسياسات وأنظمة الكمبيوتر التي تدمج‬
‫مختلف عناصر سلسلة التوريد في نظام متماسك‬

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 Supply Chain Systems and
Techniques
• Inventory
 Goods and materials kept in stock for
production or sale

• Inventory Control
 Determining the right quantities of supplies
and products to have on hand and tracking
where those items are

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 Supply Chain Systems and
Techniques
• Procurement‫ا لمشتريات‬
 The acquisition of the raw materials, parts,
components, supplies, and finished products
required to produce goods and services

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 Production and Operations
Management
• Production and Operations
Management
 Overseeing all the activities involved in
producing goods and services

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 Lean Systems

• Productivity‫ا إلنتاجية‬
 The efficiency with which an organization can
convert inputs to outputs‫لمدخالت‬JJ‫ ا‬/‫لمخرجات‬JJ‫ا‬

• Lean Systems ‫ا لنظم ا النسيابيه‬

 Systems (in manufacturing and other
functional areas) that maximize productivity
by reducing waste and delays

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 Lean Systems

• Just-in-Time (JIT)
 Inventory management in which goods and
materials are delivered throughout the
production process right before they are
needed

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 Mass Production, Customized
Production, and Mass Customization
• Mass • Customized
Production‫ا النتاج‬ Production‫ا النتاج‬
‫ا لضخم‬ ‫حسبا لطلب‬
 The creation of  The creation of a
identical goods or unique good or
services, usually in service for each
large quantities customer

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Mass Production, Customized Production,
and Mass Customization (cont.)

• Mass Customization‫ا النتاج ا لضخم ا لمتخصص‬

 A manufacturing approach in which part of the
product is mass produced and the remaining
features are customized for each buyer

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