Chapter

10.7. Transforming the Factory Floor with Technology*

From IntroductionToBusiness OP 8D04gAa

Concepts

1. How do lean manufacturing and just-in-time systems improve production efficiency?

   "Manufacturers are discovering that they can better respond to rapidly changing customer demands, while keeping inventory and production costs down, by adopting lean-manufacturing techniques. Lean man

2. How do computer-aided design and manufacturing systems transform production?

   "Technology is helping many firms improve their operating efficiency and ability to compete. Computer systems in particular are enabling manufacturers to automate factories in ways never before possib

3. How do robotics and integrated manufacturing systems automate factory operations?

   "Robots are computer-controlled machines that can perform tasks independently. Robotics is the technology involved in designing, constructing, and operating robots. The first robot, or “steel-collar w

4. How does technology improve service operations and health-care outcomes?

   "Using robots to perform surgery once seemed like a futuristic fantasy, but not anymore. An estimated 1.5 million robotic procedures have been performed by the da Vinci Surgical System according to it