Operations management

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Across
  1. 4. Using mobile devices and apps to promote and sell products or services.
  2. 6. Where average cost increases as production increases.
  3. 7. The process of taking inputs and transforming them into outputs.
  4. 8. The treatment of customers before, during and after a purchase.
  5. 12. The process of choosing a supplier, purchasing goods and paying.
  6. 13. Total cost Ă· output
  7. 15. A decrease in average cost as production increases.
  8. 17. Where a firm gets other outside businesses to perform work for it.
  9. 18. The difference between costs and revenue; total revenue – total costs.
  10. 22. When a customer returns to a business rather than go to competitor.
  11. 25. Extra inventory in case of unforeseen shortages or increases in demand.
  12. 28. All the activities involved in getting a product or service to the customer.
  13. 29. Where employees’ concentrates on one activity and becomes good at it.
  14. 30. Japanese process of reducing waste in the production process.
  15. 31. Checking that takes place at the end of the production process.
  16. 33. What an individual must have in order to survive
  17. 34. Services provided once the customer has purchased a product.
  18. 35. The total quantity produced by a business over a period of time.
  19. 36. A method of continuously improving quality through small changes.
  20. 37. A product that meets or exceeds customer requirements.
  21. 38. A person employed to secretly assess the quality of goods or services.
  22. 39. Where stock is only ordered to fulfil orders received.
  23. 40. Extra stock is held to allow for delays or growth in demand.
  24. 41. How happy the customer is with how a business treated them.
  25. 42. The amount of output per worker in a period of time.
Down
  1. 1. Measures of how much output is being produced per unit of input
  2. 2. Products that businesses’ produce that are tangible.
  3. 3. ICT
  4. 5. An individual who takes risks to start a business.
  5. 9. A business that allows entrepreneurs to use its name and sell its products.
  6. 10. Where consumers desire a product and have the money to pay for it
  7. 11. A method of production where products are made individually.
  8. 14. Where large businesses can afford to invest in efficient machinery that reduces average costs.
  9. 16. The people who purchase a product or service from a business.
  10. 19. Producing a very large quantities of generic products.
  11. 20. A business culture with the aim of zero defects and getting it right first time.
  12. 21. Receiving a discount by buying in bulk.
  13. 23. Using the internet to promote and sell goods or services
  14. 24. An individual or group interested in the actions of a business.
  15. 26. The inputs needed for the production of a good or service.
  16. 27. Another word for stock.
  17. 30. The movement of inventory, goods, information and money along the supply chain.
  18. 32. The cost of the next best alternative foregone.