What is capacity planning

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QUESTION 1

(a) What do you understand by the term ‘Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)'?

(b) What are the three areas of professional services which companies seek for so as to implement ERP systems?

(d) Elaborate on the three types of forecasts

QUESTION 2

(a) How does the Kanban process focus on the individual within the teamwork concept?

(b) How is the Kanban process linked to the Kaizen process?

QUESTION 3

Elaborate on each of the following terms within the supply chain process:

(a) Aggregate planning

(b) Shop floor control systems

(d) Inventory systems

(e) Virtual factory

QUESTION 4

(a) Briefly explain the meaning of each of the following management terms:

Mission
Vision
Strategies
Goals
Objectives

(b) What do you understand by the term ‘Quality Chain'?

(c) List down the seven (7) categories of criteria for Performance Excellence, applicable to the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award

QUESTION 5

(a) What are Ishikawa diagrams and why are they used?

(b) What do you understand by Statistical Process Control (SPC) and how does it relate to Control Charts?

(d) As a quality system, how does Quality Function Deployment (QFD) provide a system of comprehensive development process?

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