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FACTORY COST PRODUCTION [5 records]

Record 1 2019-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Engineering
  • Work and Production
CONT

A product engineer is responsible for overseeing the production of a product, typically in an indoor factory setting. They are responsible for ensuring that production demands are met efficiently and cost effectively. They often must decide which materials should be used to construct a product, how to assemble a product to ensure quality, and how to operate a production line with both machinery and manpower. Production engineers must work with company leaders to determine the demand for the product and the budget under which the product must be produced. The product engineer must work with the computer software that operates the factory machinery, as well as factory and production employees to ensure that tasks are being completed efficiently. Often, they are responsible for determining the number of employees needed to produce the product and are usually involved in the hiring process of those employees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Ingénierie
  • Travail et production
CONT

L'ingénieur en production est chargé de la gestion d'un atelier dans une usine, il doit faire en sorte que les délais de fabrication soient respectés, tout en assurant la qualité des produits.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Textile Industries
CONT

Textile technologists undertake a wide variety of technical, investigative and quality control work on textiles. They advise manufacturers on methods of garment construction, sizing, and quality and aim to improve the production efficiency, cost and quality of products. Textile technologists have scientific knowledge of the structure and properties of textiles, as well as the conversion of fibers or filaments to all types of textiles, such as spinning, weaving, knitting, the manufacture of non-woven materials, dyeing, printing and finishing. Like other engineering technologists, they focus their work in areas such as research and development, manufacturing, sales, quality control and maintenance.... Textile technologists are also concerned with organizational and personnel problems associated with running a factory, so that the maximum product is being produced at a minimum cost.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Industries du textile
OBS

Personne qui exécute diverses tâches relatives à la fabrication des textiles dans le but d'éprouver et d'améliorer les procédés de transformation et de fabrication de différents textiles (tissus pour vêtement ou ameublement, géotextiles, biotextiles, tapis, etc.). Elle coordonne les diverses étapes de la fabrication et procède à des recherches sur la qualité des produits en vue d'atteindre les objectifs visés et d'augmenter la production dans le respect des normes de qualité établies. Elle vérifie les produits textiles fabriqués afin de déceler toute erreur de fabrication et d'y remédier rapidement.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost Accounting
CONT

Under a raw cost basis, the per-unit value is the simply the cost of a unit when it is released into the factory. Under an absorbed-cost basis, the per-unit value is the raw unit cost plus the cost of all labor, equipment, and material and consumable costs absorbed by the until as it is travels through the production line.

CONT

Over time, this definition has been extended to include exports at prices that do not reflect fully absorbed cost of production plus an amount for profit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité analytique
CONT

Il est probable que le prix de vente des pommes delicious exportées au Canada soit inférieur au coût complet de production.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production (Economics)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
CONT

The conventional factory is no longer seen as a generator of costs and user of capital, but as a crucial strategic resource. In the area of production planning and scheduling, the approach has progressed from cost optimization in the late 1940s into the 1960s, to requirement planning in the early 1970s to just-in-time(JIT) scheduling today.

Key term(s)
  • optimization of costs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production (Économie)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
CONT

On décrit les possibilités d'utilisation de systèmes de gestion d'énergie assistés par micro-ordinateur pour l'optimisation des coûts énergétiques dans les cimenteries.

Key term(s)
  • optimisation du coût

Spanish

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