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							The ability to achieve maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.
						
					
								
					2
											
							The network between a company and its suppliers to produce and distribute a specific product.
						
					
								
					3
											
							The detailed coordination of complex operations involving people, facilities, and supplies.
						
					
								
					4
											
							The goods and materials a business holds for the purpose of resale or production.
						
					
								
					5
											
							The standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; excellence.
						
					
								
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							The process of estimating future trends based on historical data and analysis.
						
					
								
					7
											
							The process of creating goods and services to meet consumer demand.
						
					
								
					8
											
							A point of congestion in a production system that slows down the overall process.
						
					
								
					9
											
							Production is the _________ of goods and services
						
					
								
					10
											
							Operations management (OM) is the set of activities that create value in the form of goods and services by __________ inputs into outputs
						
					
								
					11
											
							tracks how well the organization is doing, pays bills, collects the money
						
					
								
					12
											
							Economic activities that typically produce an intangible produc
						
					
								
					13
											
							may change while the quantity of inputs and outputs remains constant
						
					
								
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							contributes about 52% of the annual increase
						
					
								
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							generates demand