https://padlet.com/nataliabielen4/rfu7khmy8qd4 en-us 2018-03-21 21:32:20 UTC 2018-03-21 23:13:35 UTC hello@padlet.com nataliabielen4 https://padlet.com/nataliabielen4/rfu7khmy8qd4/wish/244781056 1. plant
2. quality assurance
3. tycoon
4. offshoring
5. just-in-time
6. retailer
7. capacity
8. regulation
9. economies of scale
10. kaizen
11. .push strategy
12. TQM (Total Quality Management)
13. .estimate (n.)
14. ERP (enterprise resource planning)
15. trailblazer

A. a company that sells goods to the public in stores and on the internet, rather than to tores, other businesses
B. the practice of a company having work done in another country, often because costs are lower there
C. the activity of checking that a business is following official rules or laws
D. the managing of every stage of s production process to make certain that the goods being produced are of the intended standard
E. a management system developed in Japan, based on the idea that employees should be involved in continually improving products, services
F. relating to a manufacturing system in which parts and materials are delivered when they are needed
G. a system of software which is designed to manage all the information and activities of a company by using shared data
H. the involvement of all of a company's managers and employees in making sure that its products and services are all of a high standard and exactly as designed
I. the first person, company, etc. to do something new
J. a very successful business person who is rich and powerful
K. a guess of what the size, value, amount, cost, etc. of something might be
L. a large factory where an industrial process happens
M. the reduction of production costs that is a result of making and selling goods in large quantities, for example, the ability to buy large amounts of materials at reduced prices 
N. a method in which a company puts its effort into persuading stores to sell its products, and then depends on the stores to create a consumer market for them
O. the total amount of something that can be produced]]> 2018-03-21 22:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nataliabielen4/rfu7khmy8qd4/wish/244781056 nataliabielen4 https://padlet.com/nataliabielen4/rfu7khmy8qd4/wish/244787170 1. What is logistics?  
2. Explain the outsourcing process. 
3. Who is the distributor?
4. Which company and why invented Speedfactoring?
5. Which processes does the supply chain involve? 
6. Explain the auqlity theory by Philip Crosby.
7. What are the advantages of Just in time production? 
8. Explain the pull strategy process.]]> 2018-03-21 23:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nataliabielen4/rfu7khmy8qd4/wish/244787170