Glossary of Manufacturing Related Terms

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Capacity Constraint Resources

Where a series of non-bottlenecks, based on the sequence in which they perform their jobs can act as a constraint. [Abbreviation: CCR]

CCR

Where a series of non-bottlenecks, based on the sequence in which they perform their jobs act as a constraint. [Full title; Capacity Constraint Resources]

Chaku-Chaku

A method of conducting single-piece flow, where the operator proceeds form machine to machine, taking the part from one machine and loading it into the next. [Same as Load-Load]

Change Agent

The catalytic force moving firms and value streams out of the world of inward-looking batch-and-queue.

Constraint

Anything that limits a system from achieving higher performance, or throughput. Alternate: That bottleneck which most severely limits the organization's ability to achieve higher performance relative tp its purpose/goal.

Covariance

The impact of one variable upon others in the same group.

 

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