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Mind Map by fayehollister98, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by fayehollister98
almost 9 years ago
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Technology in Operations
- Types
- Robotics
- Used in production e.g. Mini cooper
- Used in production e.g. Mini cooper
- Automated stock control
- Enables accurate records to be kept of stock levels
- Ensures greater efficiency
- Automatic reordering
- Enables accurate records to be kept of stock levels
- Communications
- Intranet, Internet
- E-mail, videoconferencing
- Enables all sections of an
organisation to be more efficient
- Intranet, Internet
- Design Technology
- CAD
- CAM
- New products can be produced
and modified on screen in 3D
- CAD
- Robotics
- Advantages
- Replaces labour,
reducing labour costs
- Improvements to quality
- reduces waste
- Increases productivity,
reducing production costs
- Makes monitoring
stock easier
- Ensures that stock is
recorded, removing human error
- Ease of
communication
- Easier to update product design
- Replaces labour,
reducing labour costs
- Disadvantages
- Initial investment costs
are high
- Technology will constantly
have to be updated
- Employees will require training to use
the new technology
- Maintenance
costs will be
high
- Motivation problems -
employees fear to be
replaced by machines
- Can lead to information overload
- employees not reading e-mails
- Initial investment costs
are high
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