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Product Development

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 16 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A specific manufacturing term - sometimes relating to one material group only.






2. The most efficient way of designing and producing a product from the manufacturer's point of view.






3. A sophisticated CIM system that manufactures products to individual customer orders. The benefits of economy of scale are gained whether the order is for a single item or for thousands.






4. Limited volume production (a set number of items to be produced).






5. An individual (often craft- produced) article or a prototype for larger- scale production.






6. A volume production process involving machines controlled by humans.






7. The production of large amounts of standardized products on production lines - permitting very high rates of production per worker.






8. The relationship between what something - for example - a product - is worth and the cash amount spent on it.






9. The use of computers to aid manufacturing.






10. The direct introduction of molten plastic under pressure into a die - which then cools rapidly - allowing the formed object to be released from the mould.






11. A volume production process involving machines controlled by computers.






12. The mass production of a product via a flow line based on the inter- changeability of parts - pre- processing of materials - standardisation and work division.






13. The business of putting an invention in the marketplace and making it a success.






14. Is a small- scale production process centered on manual skills.






15. In CNC - Machines are controlled by a program commonly called a '_____'. Each code is assigned to a particular operation or process. The codes control X -Y -Z movements and feed speeds.






16. Refers specifically to the computer control of machines for the purpose of manufacturing complex parts in metals and other materials.