single-unit production
1Single Minute Exchange of Die — (SMED) is one of the many lean production methods for reducing waste in a manufacturing process. It provides a rapid and efficient way of converting a manufacturing process from running the current product to running the next product. This rapid… …
2Single-Minute Exchange of Die — (SMED) is one of the many lean production methods for reducing waste in a manufacturing process. It provides a rapid and efficient way of converting a manufacturing process from running the current product to running the next product. This rapid… …
3unit cost — ➔ cost1 * * * unit cost UK US noun [C] ACCOUNTING, PRODUCTION ► the cost of producing one single product, calculated by dividing the cost of producing a group of products by the number produced: »Average unit costs for SMEs have risen for the… …
4Unit construction — For the vehicle design where the vehicle s skin is used as a load bearing element, see Monocoque. Unit construction is a term used to describe motorcycle or motor car engine design where both the engine and gearbox are an integrated unit within… …
5unit — More than one class of securities traded together ( e.g., one common share and three subscription warrants ). Bloomberg Financial Dictionary Securities representing a portion of assets pooled by investors: run by a management company whose share… …
6Production function — Graph of Total, Average, and Marginal Product In microeconomics and macroeconomics, a production function is a function that specifies the output of a firm, an industry, or an entire economy for all combinations of inputs. This function is an… …
7production, theory of — ▪ economics Introduction in economics, an effort to explain the principles by which a business firm decides how much of each commodity that it sells (its “outputs” or “products”) it will produce, and how much of each kind of labour, raw… …
8UNIT dating controversy — The UNIT dating controversy is an ongoing debate in Doctor Who fandom, concerning exactly when the stories featuring the fictional military organization known as United Nations Intelligence Taskforce or more recently as the Unified Intelligence… …
9unit — noun 1 single thing ADJECTIVE ▪ large, small ▪ basic, fundamental ▪ The family is the basic unit of society. ▪ discrete, individu …
10Single-lens reflex camera — The single lens reflex (SLR) camera uses an automatic moving mirror system which permits the photographer to see exactly what will be captured by the film or digital imaging system, as opposed to non SLR cameras where the view through the… …
