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CHAPTER 1   Overview                                                              7


           FIGURE 1-2

           Wheelwright and Hayes product/process matrix.

         Process Structure   Product Structure   Low Volume   Low Volume   Higher Volume   Very High Volume
         Process Life    Product Life    Unique (One   Multiple   Standardized   Commodity
         Cycle Stage     Cycle Stage   of a Kind)   Products    Product      Product
                         Project
         Jumbled Flow                  Job Shop
         (Job Shop)
         Disconnected Line                          Batch
         Flow (Batch)
         Connected Line Flow                                    Assembly Line
         (Assembly Line)
         Continuous Flow                                                     Continuous
         (Continuous)





           FIGURE 1-3

           Planning,
           execution, and                                 Master
           control systems.                              Production
                                                         Schedule          Planning




                                                        MRP System






                                                Purchasing       Scheduling



                                                                Shop Order
                               Execution        Receiving         Loading           Control



                                                Receiving       Dispatching
                                                Inspection

                                                                 Shop Floor
                                                                  Control
                                                 Stores
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