Operations and Supply Chain Management
Operations and Supply Chain Management
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780078024023
Author: F. Robert Jacobs
Publisher: MCG
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To explain: A process and its important features.

Manufacturing processes:

It is the process involved in making tangible goods. It is the process involved in making anything from a device to a pen used by people.

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A process is a set of tasks required and carried out to transform the input into outputs. It is a series of action taken to achieve a particular end result. It is a series of interrelated tasks dependent on each other.

The important features of a process are:

  • Tasks present in each of the processes.
  • The flow of materials and information.
  • The Storage of materials and information.

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